To all the friends of science, arts, agriculture, manufactures and commerce. Proposal of Joseph Belknap & Alexander Young, for printing a weekly paper; to be entitled the American Apollo, containing the publications of the Historical Society, political and commercial intelligence, and other entertaining matter.

Author/creator Belknap and Young
Other author Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798.
Other author Massachusetts Historical Society.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston, (Massachusetts) : By J. Belknap and A. Young, MDCCXCI. [1791]
Description4 unnumbered pages, 3 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 23167. ^A478749
General noteHalf-title, within an ornamental border: Proposal for publishing the American Apollo, a new weekly paper, by Belknap & Young.
General note"Circular letter, of the Historical Society."--3 p., 2nd count. Announcing the formation of the Historical Society, subsequently the Massachusetts Historical Society, and soliciting itemized information on local history from recipients of the circular. Signed by Jeremy Belknap, corresponding secretary, Boston, November 1, 1791.
General note"Conditional proposal" for the Apollo and space for subscribers' names, p. [2-5], 3rd count. Page [3], 3rd count, is numbered 4, in order that the proposal might be circulated with or without the circular letter.
References Evans 23167
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23167).
Genre/formProspectuses.
Other titleTo all the friends of science, arts, agriculture, manufactures and commerce.
Other titleProposal of Joseph Belknap and Alexander Young, for printing a weekly paper.

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