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Hamilton, Archibald (fl. 1778) Town and Country Magazine. [Vol. 10, (1778)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03458 Author/Creator: Hamilton, Archibald (fl. 1778) Place Written: London, England Type: Magazine Date: 1778 Pagination: 1 v. : 718 p. : ill : maps ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Title continues, "or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1778." Tenth annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues bound in original leather. Includes many engraved plates. Indexed at the end of the volume. Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr. Book is boxed. Includes a caricature attacking Catharine Macaulay's wedding to Dr. James Graham in issue 10 p. 623 as "The Auspicious Marriage!" Also includes much on the American Revolution, especially Burgoyne's speeches in Parliament, "Description of Newfoundland," and "West Indies" with a fold-out engraved map.

The Town and Country Magazine began in January 1769 and ceased December 1796 with volume 28.

Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785

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