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The Massachusetts Magazine was published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1789 through 1796. [1] [2] Also called the Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, it specialized in "poetry, music, biography, history, physics, geography, morality, criticism, philosophy, mathematics, agriculture, architecture, chemistry, novels, tales, romances, translations, news, marriages, deaths, meteorological observations, etc. etc." It was intended as "a kind of thermometer, by which the genius, taste, literature, history, politics, arts, manners, amusements and improvements of the age and nation, may be ascertained." [3] Founded by Isaiah Thomas, the magazine was also published by Ebenezer T. Andrews (1789-1793), Ezra W. Weld (1794), Samuel Hill (1794), William Greenough (1794-1795), Alexander Martin (1795-1796), Benjamin Sweetser (1796), and James Cutler (1796). It was edited by Isaiah Thomas, Thaddeus Mason Harris (1795-1796), and William Bigelow (1796). [4] Contributors included Joseph Dennie (as Socialis), William Dunlap, Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Wentworth Morton (as Philenia), Judith Sargent Murray [5] (as Constantia), and Christian Gullager. [6] Sheet music was published with some issues, including compositions by Hans Gram.

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Early 20th century publication

The Massachusetts Magazine was published in Salem, Massachusetts from 1908 through early 1918. The periodical was founded by Frank A. Gardner, M.D., [7] Charles A. Flagg (of the Library of Congress), and Albert W. Dennis. The Editor was Rev. Thomas Franklin Waters, the noted researcher and author of Ipswich, MA. With a quarterly publishing schedule, the magazine was "devoted to History, Genealogy, and Biography." [8]

A regular theme dealt with "Pilgrims and Planters" written by Lucie M. Gardner. Too, the magazine included research papers. An example would be the articles in the regimental history series, such as "Col. John Glover's Marblehead Regiment" (author, Dr. F.A. Gardner) that is found in Vol. I, No. 1. Gardner did a series of these "monographs" with the 25th of the series appearing in Vol. XI, No. 1 (January, 1918). [9] In Vol. VIII, No.1, the theme was celebrating the centennial year (post the closing of the War of 1812) starting with an essay by John Davis Long (32nd Governor of Massachusetts) and others. [10]

The series on Regimental History used those units present at the Siege of Boston. [11] In the first five volumes, additional material related to participation by Massachusetts appeared in a series, Department of the American Revolution. [12]

Other advisory editors included Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John M. McClintock (publisher of The New England Magazine ), [13] [14] and George Sheldon (preservationist).

The Essex Antiquarian (Sidney Perley) [15] reported this about The Massachusetts Magazine: "This magazine is intended to be the official organ of several of the colonial societies."

Volume VI, No. 4 - pages 159-190 provided a serial addition from F.M. Thompson who described vigilante activity in Montana from a first-hand view. One incident involved Talk:Henry Plummer and his gang of ruffians who were hanged. F.M. returned to Massachusetts and was a Judge in Greenfield, MA. This portion of the TMM was taken by Montana as the content for their book, A Tenderfoot in Montana in 2004. List of F.M.'s series: Judge Francis M. Thompson.

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References

  1. ↑ Paul Leicester Ford. Check-list of American magazines printed in the eighteenth century. 1889.
  2. ↑ Example: Vol. VII, No. VI, July, 1794 via archive.org
  3. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine, VIII (1796).
  4. ↑ Frank Luther Mott. A history of American magazines, 1741-1850. Harvard University Press, 1930.
  5. ↑ Archive of Judith Sargent Murray (via jsmsociety.com) -- list of MM article titles
  6. ↑ Eve Kornfeld. Creating an American culture, 1775-1800: a brief history with documents. Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.
  7. ↑ Gardner, F.A., M.D., descendant of Thomas Gardner (planter)
  8. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, January, 1908 via Hathi Trust Digital Library
  9. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 1, January, 1918 via Hathi Trust Digital Library
  10. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 1, January, 1915 via Hathi Trust Digital Library
  11. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, Pg 13, January, 1908 archive.org
  12. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, January, 1908, Pg. 51. archive.org
  13. ↑ Dennis, A.W. (1915) "John N. McClintock" The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Pg. 49
  14. ↑ Dennis, A.W. (1915) "John N. McClintock" The Massachusetts Magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 1, Pg. 49
  15. ↑ Sidney Perley, (1908) "New Publications" Volume 12, page 144

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