Magazines

The first American literary periodical was the ‘‘ General Magazine and Historical Chronicle,’ i ued by Franklin at Philadelphia in 1741. In the same year and place appeared the ‘‘ American Magazine,” but neither lived a year. In 1743 an ‘‘ American Magazine and Historical Chronicle’ began to be published in Boston. The first which appeared in New York was the ‘‘ Independent Reflector,’’ weekly,;!; | |! 1752. Other important magazines of the eighteenth century were the | | “Pennsylvania Magazine’? of 1775, the ‘‘ American Museum,’’ 1787- } 1797; the ‘‘ Ma achusetts Magazine,’’ 1789-1796, and the ‘‘ New York Magazine,’’ 1790-1797. Of much more value were the ‘‘ Portfolio,” | j Philadelphia, 1801-1825, and the “‘ Monthly Anthology,” Boston, 1803- | 1811. The first important review was the ‘‘ North American Review,” | } founded in 1815 at Boston. The chief predece or of the modern liter- | ' ary and miscellaneous magazines of America was the ‘‘ Knickerbocker,” 1832-1860, Of the leading magazines of the present time, Harper’s was | founded in 1850, Scribner's (later the ‘Century Magazine’’) in 1870,; the “‘ Atlantic Monthly *’ in 1857. Mag off in, Beriah (1815-1885), a prominent member of the Democratic party, was Governor of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862. His sym- | pathies inclined toward the Confederates, but he maintained a policy of |: neutrality. |: Magruder, John B. (1810-1871), Confederate major-general, com- | } manded the forces in the Peninsula in 1862, the Department of Texas | | during the remainder of the war, after which he served under Maxi-; milian in Mexico. | | | Magnuaga, Mich., about fourteen miles from Detroit, scene of a |! minor engagement in the War of 1812, August 9, 1812. Colonel Miller, | attempting to clear the road to Detroit, attacked the British and Indians, | under General Proctor and Tecumseh. Though succe ful he was obliged to give up his advance movement. Mahan, Alfred Thayer, born in 1840. Rose to be captain in the U.S. navy. Authority on naval strategy and history and the author of many books. Mahone, William, born in 1826, Confederate major-general, and, noted for hard fighting in several battles, especially at Petersburg, about, 1878 organized and became the leader of the party called Readjusters, advocating repudiation of the State debt of Virginia. From 1881 to 1887 he was a Senator from Virginia. Died October 8, 1895., Maine, name probably meaning main-land, as distinguished from the islands off its coast. It was first settled by a party led by George Popham in 1607, but this was temporary. By grants of 1622, 1629 and 1639, Sir Ferdinando Gorges obtained the territory between the Piscataqua and the Kennebec. In 1652 and again in 1668, Ma achusetts obtained po e ion of this part of Maine. Eastern Maine, held by the Duke of York from 1664, fell to Ma achusetts in 1691. The ‘‘ District of Maine ’’ remained a part of Ma achusetts till 1820, when it was admitted to the Union as a separate State on April 15. Its Constitution, framed in that year, is still in operation. In 1842 the Ash burton Treaty settled the long-standing dispute regarding its northeast boundary. Its boundary with New Hampshire had been settled in 1737. The “Maine law,” prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, was pa ed in 1851 and permanently in 1858. Maine was almost constantly Democratic from 1820 to 1854; almost constantly Republican from 1856 to the present time (1894). In 1880 a Democratic Governor and council ‘‘ counted in '? a Democratic-Greenback Legislature, and for a brief period there were two bodies claiming to be Legislatures. In 1790 the population of Maine was 97,000, in 1820 298,000, in 1890 661,000, in 1900, 694,466. 428