Sociology

Back in Europe, people did not completely understand how America was, the landscape, the inhabitants, not a lot was documented. During the war in America, the news about the land had to travel back to the mainland. No reliable source could be found, as there were little or no official records. The only records were the newspapers and accounts of private persons, who contradicted each other a bit too often. There was a demand to put in writing the account of events taking place, for the present as well as the future readers. Word had to travel from the American colonies, and it should be as historically correct as possible. This was the mandate at that time for the reporting of social events taking place at that time in colonial
America.

The magazine started as a venture to report the activities in colonies of Great Britain, not specifically America. Falling in the broad category of political journalism, the magazine started off with a few persons working for leisure. The magazine was to report to the people of Great Britain and Ireland about the social activities taking place in the colonies. Men and women who were interested about the colonies could read about them in the magazine and increase their knowledge on them.
War was going on in America, and it was to act as a historical events reporting magazine, telling tales of war and other conditions prevailing in America. After the writing of the articles there had to be written correspondence with people who had an expertise in the matter of writing to remove the inefficiencies from the writing of the articles. Care would be taken to give representation to all the colonies, and they should be equally represented in the magazine.

With all the talk about historical correctness about events in the colonies, and the lack of official documents on the colonies, there was the problem in the written content of the magazine as well. Care was taken not to publish anything that aught to make the position of the country unsafe, thereby treating account of public matters in a different manner. The published content was in 6 half sheets per month and then circulated throughout the colonies and back home. It was a courageous endeavor, worthy to record its name in the history books.