American Universal Magazine, Sept. 4, 1797 engraving
"The American Universal Magazine", Number V, Volume III; Monday, September 4, 1797", with copper engraved "View on Bastille", by Thomas Clarke (active 1797-1801), published by Samuel Harrison Smith and Thomas Smith, Philadelphia.
A bi-weekly magazine which was primarily eclectic in its content, lasting from Jan. 2, 1797 to March 7, 1798.
Articles in this issue include: The Extensive Description of Bastille, its history, interiors, furnishing, the description of cells, regulations and costs; Observation on the Native Silk Worm; A Description of an Indian Insect; Customs among the Orientals; Character of St. Vincent de Paul; Historic Account of the Spanish West India Trade; Remarks on Industry; Succinct account of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabia; Sea-Fight off Cape La Hogue, 1692; Anecdote on La Fontaine; poems by Harriet Falconer, George Dyer and others.
The founder and publisher of this magazine, Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. In 1800, Smith founded "National Intelligencer," and "Washington Advertiser," which became the dominant newspaper of the capital. Joseph Gales joined the newspaper becoming his assistant in 1807, and took over the paper as its sole proprietor in 1810.
Smith was a friend, confidant and counselor to the third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. In February 1801, Smith published Jefferson's Manual, "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States." In 1813, Smith was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue for the United States Treasury Department by President Madison. On September 30, 1814, he was appointed as Secretary of the Treasury, as interim, until a new cabinet officer was chosen. During the period 1809-19, Smith served as president of the Bank of Washington. He served as president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States from 1819 until the position was abolished in 1835.
Samuel Harrison Smith was born in Philadelphia and received an academic degree from the University of the State of Pennsylvania in 1787. He opened a printing business in Philadelphia in 1791 and published two comparatively short-lived periodicals before achieving success with the Universal Gazette in 1797. That same year he became Elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in January 1797, that year he entered an essay in an APS competition on the subject of education and shared the first prize. He published his submission as Remarks on Education: Illustrating the Close Connection between Virtue and Wisdom, To Which is Annexed, a System of Liberal Education (Philadelphia, 1798). The society elected him to be one of its four secretaries in January 1798 and in each of the succeeding two years.
Thomas Jefferson appreciated Smith's moderate Republicanism and in 1800 urged him to move the Gazette to Washington, D.C. Although the election was still in doubt, Smith complied and began the tri-weekly National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser on 31 Oct. 1800, continuing the Universal Gazette as its weekly counterpart. For the duration of his presidency, the "Intelligencer" served as Thomas Jefferson's journalistic spokesman, and Smith also benefited from lucrative government printing contracts. He was active in the American Colonization Society, the Washington City Library, and the Washington National Monument Society (ANB; DAB; Brigham, American Newspapers, 1:103-4, 106-7, 2:927, 960; William E. Ames, A History of the National Intelligencer [1972]).
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------$18.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $29.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $40.50
Condition Report: Marbled soft cover, 41/2” x 7.1/2”, frontispiece plate, “View on the Bastille," title page has repaired creases and small edge damages; the crease is repaired with the strip of paper on the back side of the title page [see photos]; paginated pp. 321-390; some wear and some foxing; good condition.
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"The American Universal Magazine", Number V, Volume III; Monday, September 4, 1797", with copper engraved "View on Bastille", by Thomas Clarke (active 1797-1801), published by Samuel Harrison Smith and Thomas Smith, Philadelphia.
A bi-weekly magazine which was primarily eclectic in its content, lasting from Jan. 2, 1797 to March 7, 1798.
Articles in this issue include: The Extensive Description of Bastille, its history, interiors, furnishing, the description of cells, regulations and costs; Observation on the Native Silk Worm; A Description of an Indian Insect; Customs among the Orientals; Character of St. Vincent de Paul; Historic Account of the Spanish West India Trade; Remarks on Industry; Succinct account of Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabia; Sea-Fight off Cape La Hogue, 1692; Anecdote on La Fontaine; poems by Harriet Falconer, George Dyer and others.
The founder and publisher of this magazine, Samuel Harrison Smith (1772-1845) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher. In 1800, Smith founded "National Intelligencer," and "Washington Advertiser," which became the dominant newspaper of the capital. Joseph Gales joined the newspaper becoming his assistant in 1807, and took over the paper as its sole proprietor in 1810.
Smith was a friend, confidant and counselor to the third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. In February 1801, Smith published Jefferson's Manual, "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States." In 1813, Smith was appointed Commissioner of the Revenue for the United States Treasury Department by President Madison. On September 30, 1814, he was appointed as Secretary of the Treasury, as interim, until a new cabinet officer was chosen. During the period 1809-19, Smith served as president of the Bank of Washington. He served as president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United States from 1819 until the position was abolished in 1835.
Samuel Harrison Smith was born in Philadelphia and received an academic degree from the University of the State of Pennsylvania in 1787. He opened a printing business in Philadelphia in 1791 and published two comparatively short-lived periodicals before achieving success with the Universal Gazette in 1797. That same year he became Elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in January 1797, that year he entered an essay in an APS competition on the subject of education and shared the first prize. He published his submission as Remarks on Education: Illustrating the Close Connection between Virtue and Wisdom, To Which is Annexed, a System of Liberal Education (Philadelphia, 1798). The society elected him to be one of its four secretaries in January 1798 and in each of the succeeding two years.
Thomas Jefferson appreciated Smith's moderate Republicanism and in 1800 urged him to move the Gazette to Washington, D.C. Although the election was still in doubt, Smith complied and began the tri-weekly National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser on 31 Oct. 1800, continuing the Universal Gazette as its weekly counterpart. For the duration of his presidency, the "Intelligencer" served as Thomas Jefferson's journalistic spokesman, and Smith also benefited from lucrative government printing contracts. He was active in the American Colonization Society, the Washington City Library, and the Washington National Monument Society (ANB; DAB; Brigham, American Newspapers, 1:103-4, 106-7, 2:927, 960; William E. Ames, A History of the National Intelligencer [1972]).
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ----------$18.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ---- $29.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ----- $40.50
Condition Report: Marbled soft cover, 41/2” x 7.1/2”, frontispiece plate, “View on the Bastille," title page has repaired creases and small edge damages; the crease is repaired with the strip of paper on the back side of the title page [see photos]; paginated pp. 321-390; some wear and some foxing; good condition.
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