American Magazine and Historical Chronicle

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American Magazine, 1744. "Printed by Rogers and Fowle, and sold by S. Eliot, and J. Blanchard in Boston; B. Franklin in Philadelphia; J. Parker in New York; J. Pomroy in New Haven; C. Campbell, post-master in Newport" 1744 AmericanMagazine Boston.png
American Magazine, 1744. "Printed by Rogers and Fowle, and sold by S. Eliot, and J. Blanchard in Boston; B. Franklin in Philadelphia; J. Parker in New York; J. Pomroy in New Haven; C. Campbell, post-master in Newport"

The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle (1743-1746) was a periodical in Boston, Massachusetts, printed by Rogers & Fowle (Gamaliel Rogers and Daniel Fowle), and published by Samuel Eliot and Joshua Blanchard. [1] [2] Scholars suggest that Jeremiah Gridley served as editor. [3]

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References

  1. Isaiah Thomas, Benjamin Franklin Thomas. The history of printing in America: with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers, Volume 1. J. Munsell, printer, 1874.
  2. Lyon N. Richardson. A History of Early American Magazines, 1741-1789 (New York, 1931. Google books
  3. John K. Reeves. Jeremy Gridley, Editor. New England Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jun., 1944), pp. 265-281.

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