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Rare American magazine edited by Thomas Paine...
Rare American magazine edited by Thomas Paine...
Item # 716892
February 01, 1775
THE PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, February, 1775 This is a very rare magazine, published only from January, 1775 thru July, 1776, containing the Declaration of Independence in its final issue.
It was the only American magazine to print the Declaration, in fact it was the only American magazine ever printed in 1776. In the entirely of the Revolutionary War only two American magazine titles existed, they being this one and the "United States Magazine" which published in Philadelphia as well, and it only ran from January thru December, 1779.
Thomas Paine was the editor of this magazine from the February, 1775 issue through at least the May, 1776 issue. There is some doubt as to his involvement in the last two issues. So this is the first issue edited by Paine.
As if the rarity & Thomas Paine editorship were not sufficient, this issue still contains one of the two full page plates called for: "The New Threshing Instrument" with a related article.
A two page spread is taken up with a chart of: "An Aggregate & Valuation of the Exports from the Port of Philadelphia...from the Year 1771 to 1774". Also within: "Substitutes For Tea" which was certainly an issue at the time.
Near the back are news reports including an item from the House of Lords mentioning: "...To declare our abhorrence & detestation of the daring spirit of resistance & disobedience to the laws which so strongly prevails in the province of the Massachusetts-Bay..." with more on this. Many other reports concerning the American colonies.
A very rare American title which seldom comes on the market, particularly with the full title/contents page which features a nice engraving. Complete in 48 pages, binding tape at the blank spine, measures 5 by 8 inches, in very nice, clean condition.
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