An important late-18th-century issue of the influential Philadelphia periodical The American Museum, published by Mathew Carey during the formative years of the early United States.
Printed in 1798, the content of this June 1787 issue appeared during the same year as the Constitutional Convention and contains significant political and economic writings reflecting debates surrounding federal power, commerce, taxation, and national identity.
Notable contents include:
The American Museum is regarded as one of the most important literary and political magazines of the Early Republic period and is increasingly sought after by collectors of Americana, Revolutionary-era politics, and early American print culture.
Antiquarian June 1787 issue of American Museum printed in 1798, comprising pages 423–474.. Attractive modern black leather binding; bookshelf ready, with black-and-gold spine label and mulberry paper elements. Text generally clean and readable with expected age toning and light foxing consistent with late 18th-century material, tide marks not affecting text. Partially lacking the conclusion of Benjamin Franklin’s “Meteorological Imaginations and Conjectures ."
A desirable early American political and historical compilation featuring Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, anti-slavery material, and Federal Convention commentary.
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Content Published during the critical year of the Constitutional Convention, this June 1787 issue of American Museum printed in 1798, captures the intellectual and political atmosphere of the Early American Republic at the very moment the United States was struggling to define its constitutional and economic future. Issued by prominent Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey, American Museum became one of the most influential literary and political periodicals of post-Revolutionary America.
The issue is particularly notable for containing material associated with Alexander Hamilton on federal impost policy and national finance, reflecting debates that would shape the emerging federal government. Equally important are early anti-slavery texts, including Belinda’s petition to the Massachusetts legislature and “Address to the Heart on the Subject of American Slavery,” offering rare contemporary perspectives on slavery and liberty in the decades immediately following the American Revolution.
Additional contents concerning commerce, agriculture, Freemasonry, and social morality illustrate the broad intellectual concerns of the new republic, while the inclusion of material by Benjamin Franklin further enhances the issue’s historical importance. Collectively, the volume serves as an exceptional primary-source window into the political, economic, and cultural formation of the United States in the late eighteenth century.
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