The British magazine. For ...
Hill, John,1714?-1775.
London: : Printed for C. Corbett, at Addison's Head, in Fleet street; and sold at all the booksellers and pamphlet-shops, both in town and country.,
MDCCXLVI. [1746]-
First issue has title page with imprint and contents notes, and added caption title on   first page of text. Later issues lack title pages.
Contributor and editor from 1746-1750: John Hill, M.D., who called himself Sir, as he             was a member of the Swedish order of Vasa. Cf. DNB.
Feb. 1751 has imprint: Printed by D. Henry, in Wine Office Court, Fleetstreet.  Other             issues lack imprint.
Most issues from Oct. 1746- include: The Moralist, no. 1-12 (Oct. 1746-Aug.             1747); no. 1-63 (Sept. 1747-Dec. 1750); no. 64- (Feb. 1751- ); with additional unnumbered essays.
Essays with titles: "The Visiter" and "The Occasional Spectator" are included at             intervals during 1746-1747, irregularly numbered.
Includes reprinted matter from the London Gazette and excerpts from numerous other             newspapers of the period.
Each month includes a selection of poetry, moral and travel essays, asummary of foreign             news, marriages, deaths, stock and commodity prices, bills of mortality, bankrupts, and a list of             books published.
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