The Mathematical Miscellany and The Cambridge Miscellany of Mathematics: Closely connected attempts to introduce research-level mathematics in America, 1836–1843

AbstractNo publication for research mathematics was sustained in the United States until the American Journal of Mathematics in 1878. Among early sputtering journal attempts, The Mathematical Miscellany and The Cambridge Miscellany of Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy stand out with their hope of elevating the status of their readership, engaging them in a research program, and communicating European mathematical work to them. This article explores the conditions facing those who wanted to facilitate mathematical research in mid-19th-century America, surveys the content designed to provide encouragement and direction for that research, and examines the nature of the connection between these two short-lived journals