<I>The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine for October 1792</I>

William Young, American, 1755 - 1829 · October 1792

The October 1792 issue of The Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine containing a published letter from Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson’s response. The magazine is printed in black ink on off-white paper and has a saddle-stitched binding. The front cover has the title in large text: title [THE / UNIVERSAL ASYLUM, /AND / Columbian Magazine / FOR OCTOBER, 1792. / BY A SOCIETY OF GENTLEMEN.] followed by a two column listing of the contents. In the bottom margin of the cover is [PHILADELPHIA / PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY WILLIAM YOUNG, / BOOKSELLER, No. 52, SECOND-STREET, THE CORNER OF CHESNUT-STREET].