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| Other authors / contributors: | Briggs, Charles, editor.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, editor.
Watson, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1831-1869, editor.
Bisco, John, publisher.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, publisher.
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| Frequency: | Weekly
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| Date / volume: | Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 4, 1845)-v. 2, no. 26 (Jan. 3, 1846).
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| Notes: | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Publisher: Edgar A. Poe, 1845-1846.
A literary periodical edited by Charles Briggs, ambitious young litterateur who had written for the Knickerbocker; contributors included Edgar Allan Poe and other well-known writers. Literary reviews were the chief subject, but art criticism, comment on theater and music, political articles, and poetry were also included. Serialized material included an extensive review of the exhibition of the National Academy of Art, and articles on the use of color in painting. Political comment opposed the Mexican War and was occasionally illustrated by cartoons engraved on wood.Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900.
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Editors: C.F. Briggs, 1845; Edgar A. Poe, 1845-1846; Henry C. Watson, 1845.
Also available on microfilm from University Microfilms in its American periodical series: 1800-1850.
Reprinted in 1965 by AMS Press, Inc.
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