Boston Gazette

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The Boston Gazette was an early newspaper printed in the British North American colonies; it began publication December 12, 1719 and appeared weekly. The paper was started as a rival to the Boston News-Letter, the first successful newspaper in the Colonies, which had begun its long run in 1704. In 1741 the Boston Gazette incorporated the New-England Weekly Journal and became the Boston-Gazette, or New-England Weekly Journal. Samuel Adams was a regular contributor in the 1760s and 70s.

The Boston Gazette appeared with varying subtitles: New-England Weekly Journal, from the issue of October 20, 1741, Weekly Journal, from October 27, 1741, Weekly Advertiser from January 3, 1753, The Country Journal, from April 12, 1756, Weekly Republican Journal from January 6, 1794

  • The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, October 17, 1768: Samuel Adams' essay on John Locke's statement "Where Law ends, Tyranny begins".[1]
  • The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, February 27, 1769 contained Samuel Adams' essay on the right of revolution.[2]
  • The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, March 12, 1770: report on the Boston Massacre[3] The paper's masthead vignette, produced by Paul Revere shows a seated Britannia with Liberty cap on staff, freeing a bird from a cage. Motto: "Containing the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestic" This issue is often reprinted.[4]
  • The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, April 10, 1775:[5]

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[edit] Further Reading

  • Brigham, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers
  • Apfelbaum Early American Newspapers and Their Printers