20-475: Edward Burt may refer to: Edmund Burt (died 1755), also known as Edward, Scottish military figure, engineer and author Edward Angus Burt (1859–1939), American mycologist Edward David Burt (born c. 1979), Premier of Bermuda [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
40-494: A collection of Incidents, mostly low, and sometimes disagreeable" (Burt, 1.3). When the letters were published anonymously in London in 1754, the editor claimed that he had bought them from the author, and stated that the author had "died some time ago, and through Losses, unsuccessful Law-Suits, and other Disappointments, left his Family in none of the best of Circumstances" (ibid., 1.vii). After Burt's death in London on 4 January 1755,
60-425: A further letter written in around 1737), in which he summarized Wade's road-building achievements (Stevenson, 2004). The Letters contain important early engravings of Highland dress in and around Inverness. Burt realized that the conditions he described would be regarded as highly offensive by Scots, so he swore his unknown correspondent in London to secrecy: "It would do me no great honour to be known to have made
80-440: A stable of regular contributors, as well as extensive quotations and extracts from other periodicals and books. Cave, who edited The Gentleman's Magazine under the pen name "Sylvanus Urban", was the first to use the term magazine (meaning "storehouse") for a periodical. Contributions to the magazine frequently took the form of letters, addressed to "Mr. Urban". The iconic illustration of St John's Gate , Clerkenwell , on
100-472: A writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine . During a time when parliamentary reporting was banned, Johnson regularly contributed parliamentary reports as "Debates of the Senate of Magna Lilliputia". Though they reflected the positions of the participants, the words of the debates were mostly Johnson's own. The name " Columbia ", a poetic name for America coined by Johnson, first appears in a 1738 weekly publication of
120-534: Is available at the Family History Library (FHL) under the call number 942 B2g Index, and is also available on microfilm (#599738–#599761) or microfiche (#6026701). In addition to the index, the FHL also has the magazine itself available in various formats. An abstract of the "chief contents of The Gentleman's Magazine from 1731 to 1868" was published by George L. Gomme in 1891. He describes it as "excerpts from
140-514: The Jacobite rising of 1715 had been sold except for those of Glenmoriston and Seaforth. Burt was concerned with collecting rents on them until they too were sold, in 1730 and 1741, respectively. His work involved close co-operation with General George Wade . However, he had no part in the building of the " Wade roads " in the Highlands. In August 1725, Burt accompanied General Wade at the disarming of
160-547: The 'haughty, keen and unsupportable government of these military and stranger judges set over us' (Salmond, 104). In 1729 he was appointed manager of the lead mines at Strontian in Argyll , and he continued to be employed in the Highlands for some years after 1741 (Stevenson, 2004). In about 1727 and 1728 Burt wrote a series of letters, later published as Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London (including
180-451: The Marriages, Births, Deaths, Promotions, &c." covering 1731–1786, and volume 4 contains an "Index of Names of Persons" covering 1731–1818. The indexes are by surname only and are available online for free through Google Books: David Dobson gleaned references to American births, marriages, and deaths from The Gentleman's Magazine and published it as American Vital Records from
200-571: The Seaforth Mackenzies at Brahan Castle near Dingwall , when he was promised a punctual payment of rents. However, on 28 September, Wade was obliged to sign an order authorising military support to help him extract the promised rents, which the Seaforth tenants had failed to deliver. A letter by a magistrate of Inverness dated 1 January 1726 reveals that Burt was then a Justice of the Peace, part of
220-732: The book in Volume xvi (July 1754), page 359. Subsequent editions appeared in Dublin in 1755, in London in 1759 and 1815, and at Haarlem and Hanover . The latest was edited by R. Jamieson , with contributions by Sir Walter Scott , London, in 1818. [REDACTED] Media related to Edmund Burt at Wikimedia Commons Gentleman%27s Magazine The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly magazine founded in London , England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. It
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#1732868681689240-542: The debates of the British Parliament in the magazine. The magazine's long-running motto, E pluribus unum , Latin for "Out of many, one", is thought to have inspired the use of the phrase as an unofficial motto of the United States. Motteux's The Gentleman's Journal had previously used the phrase. A skilled businessman, Edward Cave developed an extensive distribution system for The Gentleman's Magazine . It
260-426: The front of each issue (occasionally updated over the years) depicted Cave's home, in effect, the magazine's "office". Before the founding of The Gentleman's Magazine , there were specialised journals, but no such wide-ranging publications (although there had been attempts, such as The Gentleman's Journal , which was edited by Peter Motteux and ran from 1692 to 1694). Samuel Johnson 's first regular employment as
280-440: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edward_Burt&oldid=932808443 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edmund Burt Edmund Burt , also known as Edward Burt (died 4 January 1755),
300-579: The obituaries in the Gentleman's Magazine and the Scots Magazine ascribed authorship of Letters to him (Stevenson, 2004). The announcement in the Scots Magazine , in Volume xvii, January 1755, page 52, states: "At London. Edmund Burt Esq; late agent to Gen. Wade, chief surveyor during the making of roads through the Highlands, and author of the letters concerning Scotland." The Scots Magazine reviewed
320-640: The original publications containing local history and information, topographical details, and family history are presented here, organized into volumes by county". Gomme's work has been digitised and indexed by Ancestry.com and is available online to Ancestry subscribers or at subscribing libraries. A four-volume set of indexes was compiled by Samuel Ayscough (Assistant Librarian of the British Museum ) with some assistance or later editing by John Nichols and by Gabriel Richard. The contents of these indexes are given as: Volume 2 includes an "Index of Names to
340-601: The title formally "in print". In addition to an index for each year of The Gentleman's Magazine , which was usually published with the December issue of the magazine, a full index was compiled by the College of Arms and typed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. This 75-volume index, covering the years 1731–1850, gives the full name and an abbreviated reference to the date, event, and any other person(s) in each entry. The index
360-580: Was an English author and a rent collector for the British government in Scotland (Stevenson, 2004). In 1725, he referred to his wife living in London (Stevenson, 2004). On 31 May 1725, he was appointed Receiver General and Collector of Rents on the unsold Forfeited Estates in Scotland, and from 24 June, received £400 per annum to cover salary and expenses (Stevenson, 2004). Virtually all the Scottish estates forfeited after
380-530: Was read throughout the English-speaking world and continued to flourish through the 18th century and much of the 19th century under a series of different editors and publishers. It went into decline towards the end of the 19th century and finally ceased general publication in September 1907. However, issues consisting of four pages each were printed in very small editions between late 1907 and 1922 in order to keep
400-558: Was the first to use the term magazine (from the French magazine , meaning "storehouse") for a periodical . Samuel Johnson 's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine . The original complete title was The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer . Cave's innovation was to create a monthly digest of news and commentary on any topic the educated public might be interested in, from commodity prices to Latin poetry . It carried original content from
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