United States Magazine, The

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United States Magazine, The (Jan.–Dec. 1779), Philadelphia monthly periodical, edited by H.H. Brackenridge. Contributions included a satire on James Rivington by John Witherspoon, Freneau's parody of Psalm 137, and other witty and sometimes scurrilous works.

Another United States Magazine (1854–58) was edited at New York by Seba Smith.

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