The History of Printing in America: With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers : to which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World : in Two Volumes, Volume 2 |
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... government . At that period , I believe , there were only four or five postmasters in all the colonies . It was not until after the expiration of fifteen yeas , that another publication of the kind issued from any press in this part of ...
... government . At that period , I believe , there were only four or five postmasters in all the colonies . It was not until after the expiration of fifteen yeas , that another publication of the kind issued from any press in this part of ...
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... government particularly to patronize The Massachusetts Gazette , and another paper , the Boston Post Boy and Advertiser , printed by Green and Russell . ' The king's arms were first introduced into the title page of the Laws of ...
... government particularly to patronize The Massachusetts Gazette , and another paper , the Boston Post Boy and Advertiser , printed by Green and Russell . ' The king's arms were first introduced into the title page of the Laws of ...
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... government and public bodies . The same method was taken by Green and Russell . One half of the sheet bore the title of Post Boy and Advertiser , and the other half that of " The Massachusetts Gazette , Published by Authority . " Two ...
... government and public bodies . The same method was taken by Green and Russell . One half of the sheet bore the title of Post Boy and Advertiser , and the other half that of " The Massachusetts Gazette , Published by Authority . " Two ...
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... government paper . In May , 1774 , Draper took John Boyle as a partner in publishing the News Letter ; the next month Draper died . His widow , Margaret Draper , succeeded him as proprietor of the paper , and Boyle was for a short time ...
... government paper . In May , 1774 , Draper took John Boyle as a partner in publishing the News Letter ; the next month Draper died . His widow , Margaret Draper , succeeded him as proprietor of the paper , and Boyle was for a short time ...
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... government , and excited clerical resentment . The reverend Doctor Increase Mather was one of the first who openly denounced the Courant , by an address to the public , inserted in the Boston Gazette , Janu- ary 29 , 1721. This address ...
... government , and excited clerical resentment . The reverend Doctor Increase Mather was one of the first who openly denounced the Courant , by an address to the public , inserted in the Boston Gazette , Janu- ary 29 , 1721. This address ...
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Page 33 - Degeneracy of this Place. I can well remember when the Civil Government would have taken an effectual Course to suppress such a Cursed Libel ! which if it be not done I am afraid that some Awful Judgment will come upon this Land, and the Wrath of God will arise, and there will be no Remedy. I cannot but pity poor Franklin, who tho...
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