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Oglethorpe in Savannah... Converting Jews... Health in Boston...



Item # 705566 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, June, 1736  An interesting article has: "A Remarkable Censure on the Present Translation of the Old Testament by Hugh Broughton, a Man so well Skill'd in the Hebrew that he Converted many Jews", with more.
Much content on the American colonies including: "The Deplorable State of our Sugar Colonies". Under the "Historical Chronicle" near the back are letters from the colonies which includes: "Extract of a Letter from Georgia" which includes: "Mr. Orglethorpe pass'd the bar of Tybee & came to anchor...he went to Savannah Town where he order'd a new church to be built..." with more. Also an: "Extract of a Letter from a Physician at Boston, in New England" which tells of the diseases there.
Among the articles noted in the table of contents are: "...On the Bill Against Spirituous Liquors" "Proceedings and Debates in the House of Commons" "The Vindicator of the Antiquity of Scotland",  & more.
Complete in 56 pages, full title/contents page featuring an engraving of St. John's Gate, 5 by 8 inches, very nice condition.
This is from just the sixth year of this magazine's existence & before any maps or plates were included.

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.

Item from our most recent catalog - #359, released for October, 2025

Category: The 1600's and 1700's