Item 11: Booklet from Oliver Oldschool, titled “The Port Folio: A Monthly Magazine”, 1815 December

Item — Box: 17, Folder: 5

Staff Only

Dates

Created: 1815 December

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Access:

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Periodical

Condition Note:

Poor.

Measurements:

9 ¼ in. x 5 ⅞ in.

Title:

The Port Folio: A Monthly Magazine

Description:

This is the last issue of the 1815 magazine and has a different cover color than the others published. The magazine editor concluded the ongoing section “Naval and Military Chronicle of the United States.” This issue’s article was written by a man from the United Kingdom. It holds some bias against the United States and the magazine’s editor wrote that they do not agree with the political comment made in the article. The article in question gives an English perspective on the War of 1812 focusing on the Canadian frontier. The magazine then provides a history of Switzerland called “On the Constitutions of the Helvetic and Rhaetian Confederacies.” This article starts the history of the country from ancient Rome to the late 1300s. The article will continue on in the January issue. This issue includes an article on England's National debt. It comments on how they got into debt and the author’s opinions on the best way to get out of debt. A letter written to the magazine is included in this issue. It is appealing to the readers about a lost portrait of William Penn. William Penn was given Pennsylvania in 1681 by King Charles II. He built Pennsylvania on his pacifist Quaker beliefs, and is still respected for it today. Since it is the last issue of the year it includes an index of sections in vol. VI.