Ebenezer T. Andrews

Ebenezer T. Andrews

The Andrews estate was located at the northwest corner of Columbia Road and Dorchester Avenue, where Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church is located today.

from wikipedia

in 1788 [Isaiah Thomas] opened a bookstore in Boston under the firm name of Thomas and Andrews, also establishing branches of his publishing business in several parts of the United States. The monthly Massachusetts Magazine was published by the firm, with Ebenezer T. Andrews, in eight volumes, from 1789 until 1796.

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The Massachusetts Magazine was published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1789 through 1796.[1][2] Also called the Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, it specialized in “poetry, music, biography, history, physics, geography, morality, criticism, philosophy, mathematics, agriculture, architecture, chemistry, novels, tales, romances, translations, news, marriages, deaths, meteorological observations, etc. etc.” It was intended as “a kind of thermometer, by which the genius, taste, literature, history, politics, arts, manners, amusements and improvements of the age and nation, may be ascertained.”[3] Founded by Isaiah Thomas, the magazine was also published by Ebenezer T. Andrews (1789-1793), Ezra W. Weld (1794), Samuel Hill (1794), William Greenough (1794-1795), Alexander Martin (1795-1796), Benjamin Sweetser (1796), and James Cutler (1796). It was edited by Isaiah Thomas, Thaddeus Mason Harris (1795-1796), and William Bigelow (1796).[4] Contributors included Joseph Dennie (as Socialis), William Dunlap, Benjamin Franklin, Sarah Wentworth Morton (as Philenia), Judith Sargent Murray (as Constantia), and Christian Gullager.[5] Sheet music was published with some issues, including compositions by Hans Gram.

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June 10, 2022

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