Prospectus of a new weekly paper
Subtitle: submitted to men of affluence, men of liberality, and men of letters
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49059; Early American imprints -- no. 49060
Publisher: Joseph Dennie and Asbury Dickins
Published: 1800
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Publishers and publishing; Port folio (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Notes: "... a new weekly paper, to be called The Port folio, by Oliver Oldschool, Esq. ..."--p. [1].

Caption title.

"Presumably written either wholly or in part by [Joseph] Dennie."--BAL. The Port folio was edited by Dennie and published by Dennie and Dickins. An advertisement for the Prospectus appeared in the Gazette of the United States, Philadelphia, Oct. 16, 1800.

Two states noted, a number of lines having been rejustified, and the number of lines per column varying. In one state the last word of the first column on p. [1] is "with"; in the other it is "something."

Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]4 blank).

Text printed in three columns.

Bristol B11114

Shipton & Mooney 49059

Shipton & Mooney 49060

BAL 4635