Claim: Chess Monthly was based in the most populous city in the US that was settled in 1624 and ran for just five volumes from 1857-1861.
Evidence: The magazine was based in New York City. New York City (NYC), often called simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. 1624 Running for only five volumes, the magazine is perhaps best remembered today for a series of articles written by Silas Mitchell regarding The Turk, the chess-playing machine that perished in a fire in Philadelphia prior to the publication of the magazine. The Chess Monthly was a short-lived monthly chess magazine produced from January 1857 and May 1861 in the United States.