The ''Boston Weekly Magazine'' (1802–1808) of
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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, was established by
Gilbert & Dean
Gilbert & Dean (1802–1823) was a banking and publishing firm in Boston, Massachusetts, run by Samuel Gilbert and Thomas Dean in the early 19th-century. As publishers, they produced works by Joseph Croswell, David Humphreys, Susanna Rowson, Joh ...
in 1802, "devoted to morality, literature, biography, history, the fine arts, agriculture,
&c. &c.". Joshua Belcher,
Samuel T. Armstrong, Oliver C. Greenleaf, and
Susanna Rowson were also affiliated with its production. The magazine ceased in 1808.
The magazine was later published under the same name by David H. Ela and John B. Hall in 1840–41.
References
Further reading
* Boston Weekly Magazine. Boston: Gilbert & Dean
v.1(1802–1803)
v.2(1803–1804)
v.3(1804–1805).
*
Rollo G. Silver. Belcher & Armstrong Set up Shop: 1805. Studies in Bibliography, Vol. 4, (1951/1952), pp. 201–204
19th century in Boston
1800s in the United States
Cultural history of Boston
Defunct literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1802
Magazines disestablished in 1808
Magazines published in Boston
Weekly magazines published in the United States
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