SIGNED BY JAMES HAMILTON, MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA AND A GOVERNOR OF THE PENNSYLVANIA COLONY, AND WILLIAM ALLEN, JUSTICE OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD. The only magazine issued in the American colonies during the volatile year of 1775. Its importance among American Revolutionary era publications is twofold: first, it was edited by Thomas Paine from February 1775 until May 1776 at the same as he was writing Common Sense; second, it contains some of the most significant and earliest revolutionary war maps printed in America. The Pennsylvania Magazine was founded by Robert Aitken, best known for his work as a printer for the Continental Congress. Aitken launched the periodical himself but found the work overwhelming and so he hired Paine as editor. He quickly became a major contributor as well, writing sometimes under the initials "A.B." or pseudonym "Atlanticus" and sometimes altogether anonymously.The tenor of many of his articles was archly anti-monarchical but he also contributed pieces of a non-political nature.

Rare. Only one complete run of volume one (but without the supplement) has appeared at auction in nearly four decades and individual issues are often found lacking the plates.