330 American Antiquarian Society [Oct., CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN PERIODICALS BY WILLIAM BEEE Mr. Beer has been aided by the Librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, who haa personally examined nearly all of the periodieals listed. , HE Checklist to which this short introduction is T the preface attempts to give the titles of all magazines or periodicals published in the United States during the eighteenth century, or from 1741 to 1800, inclusive. The titles are given briefly, without, bibliographical details of pagination and illustration, but the dates of beginning and conclusion, frequency of publication, size, place of imprint, and name of printer and publisher are given with exactness. The location of flies in the various larger libraries, a score in number, is given. Only the important files of the more common magazines are noted, but in the case of the scarcer publications, even single issues are located. The libraries most frequently listed, with the abbreviations used, are as follows : AAS American Antiquarian Society BA Boston Athenaeum BPL Boston Public Library CHS Connecticut Historical Society HC Harvard College HSP Historical Society of Pennsylvania JOB John Carter Brown Library LC Library of Congress LCP Library Company of Philadelphia MHS Massachusetts Historical Society NHHS New Hampshire Historical Society NJHS New Jersey Historical Society NYHS New York Historical Society NYPL • New York Public Library NYSL New York State Library WHS Wisconsin Historical Society YC Yale College 1922.] Checklist of American Periodicals 331 The earliest magazines were "The General Maga- zine" and "The American Magazine," established at Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Andrew Bradford, respectively, in January 1741. Franklin's magazine was really the first, as it appeared a month prior to Bradford's, which was edited by John Webbe. These lasted only a few months, and were followed by "The Boston Weekly Magazine" and "The Christian History, " both established at Boston in March 1743. Then came "The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle" at Boston in September 1743, which was the first real magazine to live beyond a few numbers. Between 1741 and 1776 there appeared eighteen magazines, during the Revolution but one was started, and in the period of 1783-1789 there were established sixteen. With the increase of printing presses and the more settled condition of the country in the last decade of the century a large number of magazines made their appearance, as many as sixty-three new ventures being launched between 1790 and 1800. During the entire period, the greatest number of magazines were published at Philadelphia, twenty- eight in all, which was followed by New York with eighteen titles and Boston with seventeen. In the New England States, outside of Boston, there were eighteen, with one in Maine, four in New Hampshire, three in Vermont, two in Massachusetts and eight in Connecticut. In the Middle Atlantic States, outside of New York and Philadelphia, there were sixteen, and there was one at Charleston, S. C. Outside of the three large cities, the largest number was published at Baltimore, which boasted five titles. Most of these magazines, fifty-one in number, were issued monthly, thirty were issued weekly, six bi- weekly and eleven at longer intervals or occasionally. The great majority of the magazines were short-lived, as sixty-eight did not survive one year, sixteen more expired under two years, three under three years, and six under four years. "The American Museum" 332 American Antiquarian Society [Oct., lasted for six years, and "The New York Magazine" and "The Massachusetts Magazine" lasted for eight years. This summary of longevity does not take into account two magazines which were published oc- casionally, nor does it include publication after 1800. Ford's "Checklist of American Magazines," pub- lished in 1889, lists fifty-four titles from 1741 to 1799. The present Checklist records eighty-eight titles in the same period, and ten more which made an initial appearance in the year 1800. Of these ninety-eight titles the following is the record of the location of files in the leading libraries : American Antiquarian Society 70 Library of Congress 66 New York Public Library 57 New York Historical Society 53 Boston Public Library 44 Historical Society Pennsylvania 38 Yale College - 38 Wisconsin Historical Society 35 Harvard College 32 CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN PERIODICALS, 1741 -1800 The American Apollo. Jan. 6-Sept. 28, 1792, vol. 1, nos. 1-39. W. 8vo. Boston: Belknap and Young, Jan. 6-May 11; Joseph Belknap, May 18; Belknap and Hall, May 25-Sept. 28. Issued in two parts to each number: part I, nos. 1-39, pp. 1-208; pt. II, nos. 1-39, pp. 1-416. Imprint on covers. (See Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc. vol. 1, p. xxv; Amer. Antiq. Soc. Proc. Apr. 1915, p. 193). Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HC. LC. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. TC. The American Magazine. Jan.-Mar. 1741, nos. 1-3. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford (Edited by John Webbe). Copies: JCB. LC. NYHS. 1922.] Checklist of American Periodicals 333 The American Magazine. Dec. 1787-Nov. 1788, nos: 1-12. M. 8vo. New York: Samuel Loudon (Edited by Noah Webster) Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HC. HSP. JCB. LC. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. YC. The American Magazine and Historical Chronicle. Sept. 1743-Dec. 1746. M. 8vo. Boston: Rogers and Fowle. Copies: AAS. BPL. HC. HSP. LC. LCP. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. WHS. TC. The American Magazine and Monthly Chronicle. Vol. 1, nos. 1-12 and Supplement. Oct. 1757-Oct. 1758. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: William Bradford. Copies: AAS. BPL. HC. HSP. JCB. LC. LCP. NYHS. NYPL. WHS. The American Magazine, or General Repository. Jan.-Sept. 1769, nos. 1-9. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford (Edited by Lewis Nichola). Copies: AAS. BPL. HSP. LCP. NYPL. The American Monitor: or, the Republican Magazine. Oct. 1785, vol. 1, no. 1, all pubhshed. M. 8vo. Boston: E. Russell. Copies: AAS. NYPL. The American Monthly Review. Jan.-Dec. 1795. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: Samuel Harrison Smith. Copies: AAS. HSP. LC. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. YC. The American Moral & Sentimental Magazine. July 3,1797 -May 21,1798, vols. 1-2. SM. 8vo. New York: Thomas Kirk. Copies: BA. HSP. LC. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. YC. The American Museum. Jan. 1787-Dec. 1792, vol. 1, no. 1-vol. 12, no. 6. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1787-1789; Carey, Stewart, and Co. 1790-1791; M. Carey, 1792. (Many of the numbers in the earlier volumes were reprinted in second and third editions. Carey later published an annual entitled "The American Museum: or. Annual Register," for 1798). Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HC. HSP. JCB. LC. LCP. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. YC. 334 American Antiquarian Society [Oct., The American Musical Magazine. 1786, vol. 1,12 nos. M. 4to. New Haven: Published by Amos Doolittle & Daniel Read. Copies: CHS. YC. The American Musical Magazine. Oct. 1800-Jan. 1801, vol. 1, nos. 1-2. Q. Oblong 12mo. Northampton : Andrew Wright. Copies: AAS. The American Universal Magazine. Jan. 2,1797-Mar. 7,1798, vols. 1-4. W. and BW. 8vo. Philadelphia: Printed for Richard Lee. Copies: AAS. BPL. HSP. LC. LCP. NYHS. NYPL. WHS. YC. The Anninian Magazine. Jan. 1789-Dec. 1790, vols. 1-2. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: Prichard & Hall (Vol. 1 edited by Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury, and vol. 2 by Francis Asbury). Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HSP. LC. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. YC. The Baltimore Weekly Magazine. Apr. 26,1800-May 27,1801. W. 4to. Baltimore : William Pechin. Edited by John B. Colvin. Copies: AAS. LC. NYHS. NYPL. YC. The Boston Magazine. Oct. 1783-Oct. 1786. M. 8vo. Boston: Norman & White, Oct. 1783-Jan. 1784; Norman, White and Freeman, Feb:-June 1784; Greenleaf and Freeman, July 1784-Aug. 1785; Edmund Freeman, Sept. 1785-Oct. 1786. Copies: ÁA8. BA. BPL. HC. LC. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. WHS. YC. The Boston Weekly Magazine. Mar. 2-Mar. 16,1743, nos. 1-3. W. 8vo. Boston: Rogers & Fowle. Copies: MHS. The Censor. Nov. 23,1771-May 2,1772. W.fol. Boston: E. Russell. Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. LC. MHS. 1922.] Checklist of American Periodieals 335 Child of Pallas. Nov. 1800-Jan. 1801, nos. 1-8. W. 12mo. Baltimore : Warner & Hanna. Edited by Charles Prentiss. Copies: AAS. BPL. HC. NYPL. The Children's Magazine. Jan.-Mar. 1789, nos. 1-3. M. 12mo. Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin. (See R. V. Halsey, "For- gotten Books of American Nursery," p. 101; Evans, no. 21734. Also advertised in "Connecticut Courant"). Copies: JCB. The Christian History. Mar. 5,1743 - Feb. 23,1745, nos. 1-104. W. 8vo. Boston: S. Kneeland & T. Green, for T. Prince, Junr. Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HC. JOB. LC. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. YC. The Christian's Monitor. 1798-1799. BW.8VO. Portland: Rand & Burdick. Copies: AAS. The Christian's, Scholar's, and Farmer's Magazine. Apr. 1789-Mar. 1791, vol. 1, no. 1-vol. 2, no. 6. BM. 8vo. Elizabeth-Town: ShepardKollock. Copies: AA8. BA. BPL. LC. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. The Colxmibian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany. Sept. 1786-Feb. 1790, vols. 1-4. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: Various printers (Continued as "Universal Asylimi"). Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HC. HSP. JCB. LC. LCP. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. YC. The Columbian Museum, or. Universal Asylum. Jan. 1793. M. 8vo. Philadelphia: John Parker. Copies: NYPL. The Columbian Phénix and Boston Review. Jan. -July 1800. M. 8vo. Boston : Manning & Loring, for Joseph Hawkins. Copies: AAS. BA. BPL. HC. LC. MHS. NYHS. NYPL. NYSL. WHS. YC. 336 American Antiquarian Society [Oct., The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine. July-Dec. 1800, vol. 1, nos. 1-6. M. 8vo. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin (Continued after 1800). Copies: AAS. BPL. HC. JCB. LC. LCP. MHS. NYHS. NTPL. WHS. YC. Courier de Boston. Apr.