The Caledonian magazine; or Aberdeen repository.
Leighton, Alexander.
Shirrefs, Andrew,1762-1807?
Aberdeen : Printed and sold by A. Leighton,
[1786-87].
Editor and publisher: Alexander Leighton; associate editor: Andrew Shirrefs.
Caption title; the title also appears on the annual volume title page.
Place of publication and printer's name from imprint of annual volume. In the final issue, no. XXVII, Shirrefs name alone appears in the imprint on the wrapper.
With continuous pagination.
Issues include biographical sketches, memoirs, correspondence, poetry selections (including poems by Robert Burns and Thomas Cowper), and a register of events including Parliamentary activity.
Volume of collected issues includes supplemental appendix and index.
Title and imprint details taken from ESTC record.
ESTC
Craig, M.E. Scottish periodicals,
No more published; the magazine went bankrupt in Oct. 1787. Leighton absconded after collecting subscriptions (SBTI). A new publication with the same title was begun in 1788 by Andrew Shirrefs.
Biography
Literature, English
Poetry