American Magazine and Historical Chronicle
Encyclopedia
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. Scholars suggest that Jeremiah Gridley
served as editor.
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, printed by Rogers & Fowle (Gamaliel Rogers and Daniel Fowle
Daniel Fowle (printer)
Daniel Fowle was an American printer before and during the American Revolution, and the founder of The New Hampshire Gazette. Fowle, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, was an active printer in the city beginning in 1740...
), and published by Samuel Eliot and Joshua Blanchard. Scholars suggest that Jeremiah Gridley
Jeremiah Gridley
Jeremiah Gridley or Jeremy Gridley was a lawyer, editor, state legislator, and attorney general in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century...
served as editor.
Further reading
- Albert Ten Eyck Gardner. A Majestick Shape: 1745. Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Oct. 1949), pp.74-80.
- James M. Farrell and Joseph M. Noone. Rhetoric, Eloquence, and Oratory in Eighteenth-Century American Periodicals: An Annotated Bibliography. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Spring, 1993), pp. 72-80.
External links
- http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/american/text5/text5read.htm