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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. 11, (1779)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03459 Author/Creator: Hamilton, A. Jr., fl. 1769-1785 Place Written: London, England Type: Magazine Date: 1779 Pagination: 1 v. : 718 p. : ill Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Eleventh annual volume of a periodical journal that resembles the Gentleman's Magazine and London Magazine in format and style. 12 monthly issues bound. Includes many engraved plates. Indexed at the end of the volume. Printed for A. Hamilton, Jr. Book is boxed. Contains much on the American Revolution, including this magazine's first printing of the Declaration of Independence on page 148.

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

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