National Postal Museum
The American Apollo magazine
March 16, 1792
The American Apollo, Vol 1, No. 11, Friday, March 16, 1792, was printed in Boston, Massachusetts, as a weekly periodical. The issue includes the second installment (pages 119-123) of a two-part series (see 2012.2008.115.1) publication of the Post Office Act of 1792, which introduced new low postage rates for newspapers, but did not specify magazines such as this. Legislation for magazine rates came with the Post Office Act of 1794.
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