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With the plate of the Bastille... Washington returns from his tour...
With the plate of the Bastille... Washington returns from his tour...
Item # 685624 THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, Nov., 1789
* The Bastille in France w/ plate
* President George Washington
* New England tour return
* New federal government era
The issue begins with: "Description of the Bastile, in France" which still includes the full page plate of it (foxing & damp staining).
Also in this issue: "Webster's Essay on Reforming the Present Mode of Spelling" continued from a previous issue; "An Oration in Praise of Ignorance" "Rules of the Philadelphia Dispensary" "Observations on the Difference of Colour in the Human Species" "An Escape from the Bastile in France" and much more.
Near the back is: "The Gazette - Domestick Occurrences" which has the latest news of the day, beginning with a report from Boston: "On Friday the 13th last...the President of the United States returned to the city of New York in perfect health from his eastern tour. The event was announced by a federal salute from the battery..." followed by various reports from President Washington's lengthy tour.
The plate called for is still present.
Complete in 64 pages (some pages misnumbered), full title/contents page, very nice condition.
Eighteenth century American magazines are increasingly scarce in today's market. This title was published by the famed Isaiah Thomas, the patriot printer from the Revolutionary War & founder of the American Antiquarian Society.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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