Political Censor
Item #82864
[COBBETT, William]. Peter Porcupine. The Political Censor, or Monthly Review of the Most Interesting Political Occurrences, Relative to the United States of America. September, 1796. Philadelphia: William Cobbett, 1796. 8vo. 79, [1] pp. Disbound. Contemporary owner name and presentation inscription at the top of the detached title page. Closed tear to the final leaf. Toning throughout. Very good. Evans 30225. In 1796, a few years after he arrived in the United States, Cobbett began this monthly periodical, which he used to snipe at his political opponents-usually those of a pro-French or Jeffersonian-Republican sentiment. The Censor ran until March, 1797, when it was replaced with Porcupine's Gazette, a daily newspaper. Final leaf is an advertisement for Makenzie's soon to be published, An Answer to Paine's Rights of Man.
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