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Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785 Town and Country Magazine or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment for the Year 1779. [Vol. 17, (1785)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03460 Author/Creator: Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785 Place Written: London, England Type: Magazine Date: 1785 Pagination: 1 v. : 716 p. : ill. Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

17th annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues bound in contemporary leather and Dutch marbled paper. Includes many engraved plates. Indexed at the end of the volume. Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr. Book is boxed. Includes a book review of Observations of the Commerce of the American States.

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

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