
Rural Repository, December 4, 1841: History of Salisbury, Connecticut
Stoddard, William B. [editor]. Rural Repository, December 4, 1841: History of Salisbury, Connecticut; A Semi-Monthly Journal, Embellished with Engravings. Hudson, N. Y.: Wm. B. Stoddard, 1842. First Edition. [9587] An 8-page issue uncut, folded it measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches, opened it is all one sheet. Large wood engraving on front of South-West View of the Churches in Salisbury Centre, Conn. Good. Single Issue Periodical. Cover article with wood engraving of the main area of Salisbury Centre, Conn. with a history of the town and description of town in 1841."The Rural Repository will be devoted to Polite Literature; containing Moral and Sentimental Tales, Original Communications, Biography, Traveling Sketches, Amusing Miscellany, Humorous and Historical Anecdotes, Useful Recipes, Poetry, &c., &c."This periodical was in print from 1824-1851. "William B. Stoddard, son of Ashbel Stoddard, founded the Rural Repository, a semi-monthly literary journal, on June 12, 1824...Neatly prin