Baltimore Literary Monument

The Baltimore Monument was established on October 8, 1836. (Baltimore was known as the Monumental City.) This weekly was edited by J. N. McJilton and David Creamer (1812-1887). It was a "weekly journal devoted to polite literature, science, and the fine arts". It was mostly comprised of "snippets from other papers" although there was some original content. It ran until September 29, 1838.

Arthur's work was published in the Baltimore Monument as early as October, 1836 but at that time he did not have any editorial control. ("No! No! No! I Won't" October 29, 1836)

This magazine was succeeded by the Baltimore Literary Monument in October, 1838 which was edited by McJilton and T. S. Arthur. Arthur was the publisher. Of note is that Arthur was a co-editor with McJilton in 1834-1836 at the Baltimore Athenaeum and Young Men’s Paper.

The Baltimore Literary Monument was published between October, 1838 and October, 1839 (there was no January, 1839 issue). Volume I ran from October, 1838 to April, 1839 while volume II was published between May, 1839 and October, 1839. It was a monthly publication. Fiction, essays, poetry. music and historical works made up this journal. McJilton, Arthur and W. H. Carpenter were among the many authors both named and anonymous. Early reviews were not kind as they pointed out the numerous typographical errors detracted from the reading experience.

Subscriptions cost $3.00 per year.