American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge

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The American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge (1834–1837) was a monthly magazine based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established by a group of engravers to "give to the public a work descriptive, not merely of subjects, scenes, places, and persons existing in distant climes, but also of those which are to be found in our own fine and native country."American Magazine, v.1, no.1; p. 1. It featured profusely illustrated articles on many topics, including American animals, plants, natural scenery, colleges, banks, hospitals, churches, cities, technology, and so on; as well as biographical articles on figureheads of the revolutionary and federal eras. Modelled after the British Penny Magazine,{{Cite book |title=The History of Wood-engraving in America |last=Linton |first=William James |date=1882 |publisher=Estes and Lauriat |location=Boston |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofwoodeng00lint/page/19/mode/1up 19] |author-link=William James Linton |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofwoodeng00lint |lccn=09023317 |oclc=3161314 |via=Internet Archive}} it was published first by the Boston Bewick Company, then by William D. Ticknor and John L. Sibley."Several of the gentlemen interested in the magazine, are themselves engravers, and it may be said without vanity, that they have contributed in no small degree to bring that beautiful, though long neglected art, to the high point of perfection which it has attained in this country." American Magazine, v.1, no.1; p. 1.The Boston Bewick Co. was affiliated with Abel Bowen; George W. Boynton; Lewis H. Bridgham; Daniel H. Craig; William Croome; John C. Crossman; George A. Curtis; Nicholas B. Devereux, Jr.; John Downes; John H. Hall; Alonzo Hartwell; Freeman Hunt, and Richard P. Mallory. The firm kept offices on Court Street in Boston. Cf. American Magazine, v.1, 1834. In 1836 Nathaniel Hawthorne served as editor.{{Cite book |title=Hawthorne: A Life |last=Wineapple |first=Brenda |date=2004 |publisher=Random House |isbn=0-8129-7291-0 |location=New York |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=g9zwPptVx0QC&pg=PA87 87–89] |author-link=Brenda Wineapple |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9zwPptVx0QC |access-date=2010-01-08 |url-access=limited |via=Google Books}}

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