[About the New-York Weekly]
The New-York Weekly Magazine or Miscellaneous Repository was published for slightly more than two years, from summer 1795 through summer 1797. The two complete years were also published as bound volumes; this e-text is Volume II, nos. 53-104. Volume III, renamed Sentimental & Literary Magazine, only lasted through no. 112.
There are no illustrations and no advertising. Each page was in two columns. The arrangement of each issue was:
Front Page, in slightly larger type:
masthead spanning the top of the page
didactic or philosophical essays
Inside pages:
prose essays (philosophical or educational)
fiction, ranging from from a single column to serialized novels
Page 7, second column (variable):
Marriages
Meteorological Observations, including monthly summary
short poem
Back Page, in slightly smaller type:
poetry
printer/publisher information spanning the bottom of the page
[Errors and Inconsistencies]
Because of the condition of the original, common mechanical errors such as n/u or f/ſ (f/long s) are noted only in exceptional cases.