or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment. Vol. II, for the Year 1770.

PERIODICAL. THE TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE.

Published by Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr near St John's Gate. 1770, 1770

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[2], 2, 717, [11pp, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved titlepage, 22 (ex 24) engraved plates (lacking plates at pages 641 and 681), folding page of music torn without loss. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards; head of spine & corners worn, boards rubbed. The Town and Country Magazine was founded by Archibald Hamilton in 1769. It gained the name 'Town and Country' because Hamilton had two offices, one in urban Clerkenwell and one in a rural area near Highgate. Prominent contributors included Thomas Chatterton and Thomas Holcroft. It included general essays, articles on the theatre, poetry, both original and collected, a summary of public events, notices of new books, marriages, deaths and bankrupts, correspondence from readers, &c. This volume contains an important contemporary account of the Boston Massacre, entry No. 24 in the section 'Domestic Intelligence' on pp. 222-223. It begins, 'The following report of the committee of the town of Boston, transmitted to governor Pownal, is the only authentic account of the late tumult there.' & ends signed in print by the Committee of the town of Boston, including John Hancock, Sam Adams, Joseph Warren, and others. The Bostonians contempt for the British army's presence is clear throughout the article, with the committee reporting '. they landed in town with all the appearance of hostility. have been continuing their enormities by abusing the people. and even firing upon the inhabitants in the street. with the intent to bring us into a state of bondage and ruin, in direct repugnance to those right which belong to us as men and as British subjects.'.

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Title: or Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment. Vol. II, for the Year 1770.
Publisher: Printed for A. Hamilton, Junr near St John's Gate. 1770
Publication Date: 1770
Binding: Soft cover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.

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