scourge december 1811 first edition de touchstone tim merrill butler (1 résultats)

Etat : Good. Folio.44 x 27cm. 4 pages folded in half. .Merrill Butler established The Scourge on August 10,1811. It was edited under the pseudonym of "Tim Touchstone." The issue of November 30 reported anattack on Butler by one James L. Edwards. In December, the editor was sentenced to prison for libel. The paper continued until December 28, 1811, the last issue located.This comic periodical was edited by Merrill Butler, alias "Tim Touchstone," who was later sent to jail for libel. It was an off-spring of several British comic magazines of similar purpose and contained satire on politics and government, as well as biographical sketches, poetry, and literary notices. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900Editor: 1811, T. Touchstone (pseud.)Some issues published in more than one edition.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 9912459:This comic periodical was edited by Merrill Butler, alias "Tim Touchstone," who was later sent to jail for libel. It was an off-spring of several British comic magazines of similar purpose and contained satire on politics and government, as well as biographical sketches, poetry, and literary notices. Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900Editor: 1811, T. Touchstone (pseud.).Provenance: From the collection of Frederick Ruffner, the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.-.