Rural Repository, September 10, 1842: Old Dutch Stone Church, Fishkill NY

Stoddard, William B. [editor]. Rural Repository, September 10, 1842: Old Dutch Stone Church, Fishkill; A Semi-Monthly Journal, Embellished with Engravings. Hudson, N. Y.: Wm. B. Stoddard, 1842. First Edition. [9586] 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 a frowning woman catching a boy with his hand in the cookie jar, so to speak. Good. Single Issue Periodical. Cover article with wood engraving of the Old Dutch Stone Church, Fishkill. Reprints from newspapers with incidents about the church from 1765, 1776, 1777, and 1783."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 l