Title
The American Magazine or Monthly View of the Political State of the British Colonies
Coverage
Philadelphia
Publisher
Andrew Bradford
Date
January 1740-41
Subject
Volume 1
Description
The first two American periodicals described by Frank Luther Mott as magazines appeared in Philadelphia in January 1741 after a fierce competition between two newspaper publishers. While Benjamin Franklin is credited with the original idea, Andrew Bradford beat him to press by three days after stealing Franklin’s editor.