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America alters its Constitution peacefully...
America alters its Constitution peacefully...
Item # 703545 THE MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE, Boston, May, 1795 The bulk of the issue is taken up with a wide range of eclectic articles as noted on the full title/contents page.
Included are several letters signed in type by John Adams, Samuel Adams, James Madison & others. Also: "Description of a Visit to Mount Etna" among other articles. Near the back is the "Monthly Gazette" with the latest news of the day. Included is; "Revision of Constitution" which has an interesting & accurate commentary: "Alternations of forms of government in Europe have been almost invariably attended by convulsion and bloodshed. It was reserved for America to exhibit to the world an example of a people meeting together peaceably to digest their Constitution, & orderly to alter or abolish them..." with more.
Of significance is this issue was never trimmed, found as it was sold on the streets with the wide margins. Plus, the rare, original blue/green outer wrappers are still present, the back wrapper still attached, the front wrapper with some damage and loss is loose.
The place called for is still present, but lacks the wider margins wirth which it originally came.
Complete in 64 pages, 5 3/4 by 9 1/4 inches, full title/contents page, expected wear at the margins, generally in good 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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