Object Status:
Extant
Accession Date:
February 1779
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 37v
Notes:
Du Simitière note: "1st. vol. contains from Sept. 5. 1774 to Jany. 1. 1776. 2d vol. contains from Jany. 1. 1776 to Jany. 1. 1777."
The donor, Robert Aitken (1734-1802), was a Philadelphia engraver, printer, and bookseller. His short-lived monthly, The Pennsylvania Magazine, for which Du Simitière provided a title page vignette, a map, and other drawings that were engraved, employed Thomas Paine as an editor.
Title Information:
The Journals of Congress
