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Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 The American Museum or Universal Magazine. [Vol. 9 (1791)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03461 Author/Creator: Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Magazine Date: January 1791- June 1791 Pagination: 1 v. : 344 p. : appendices Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Contains six monthly issues, January to June 1791. Bound in contemporary leather. Published by Carey, Stewart & Co. Contains a lot of information on American history at the beginning of the U.S. Government, Indian "depradations (sic)," Washington's proclamation establishing the District of Columbia, state constitutions (Appendix II), much early American poetry, patriotic and humorous anecdotes, etc.

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839

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