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Item # 688730 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, September, 1767 The first article is: "An Authentick Narrative of the Many horrid Cruelties inflicted by Mrs. Elizabeth Brownrigg upon her Poor Apprentice Girls" which is a four page article. Brownrigg was quite the notorious person, about whom much can be found on the internet.
Among other articles are: "A Description of a Deer of the Cape of Good Hope" (related plate is lacking); "An Assay for Finding the Longitude" "A Geographical Observation" "Some Account of Leonardo Donato, the Venetian" and more.
There is a full page of: "American News" which includes reports from Charleston, New Providence, Elizabethtown, N.J., and Boston. One item includes: "...What must other colonies think of you when they know how you tax the subject merely for your own benefit & advantage...Such grievances called aloud for redress..." with more.
The Charleston article notes in part: "...Different gangs of robbers & horsestealers have lately infested the forks of Saludy and Savannah rivers & committed many robberies & cruelties...went to the house of one Wilson, burnt him with red hot irons to discover his money, and there robbed him of all he had...From Denis Hayes they...brutally & lustfully used his wife & daughter, stripped them and left them naked...".
The third plate shows: "Representations of Some Antiquities at Aldsriston".
Near the back is the "Historical Chronicle" which include a small mention of troops remaining in America.
Complete in 48 pages 5 by 8 inches, full title/contents page with an engraving of St. John's Gate, nice condition.
A very nice pre-Revolutionary War magazine from the "mother country" with a wide range of varied content. This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731 and lasting until 1907.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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