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Encyclopedia > Boston Gazette

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. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American revolutionary and organizer of the Boston Tea Party. ...


The Boston Gazette appeared with varying subtitles: New-England weekly journal, (issue of Oct. 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: Samuel Adams' essay on the right of revolution text
  • The Boston Gazette, and Country Journal, March 12, 1770: report on the Boston Massacre [2] [3]. The paper's masthead vignette, produced by Paul Revere shows a seated Brittania 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]

. Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American revolutionary and organizer of the Boston Tea Party. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: John Locke Free, full-text works by John Locke Works by John Locke at Project Gutenberg Works by Locke on the Web John Locke Online Bibliography Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry John Locke Bibliography John Locke Manuscripts Readable versions of the Essay... Engraving by Paul Revere The Boston Massacre was an event that occurred on Monday, March 5, 1770 and helped eventualy spark the American Revolution. ... Portrait of Paul Revere by John Singleton Copley, c. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | National emblems | British cultural icons | Celtic goddesses | Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses ... Binomial name Psilocybe semilanceata Liberty cap (Psilocybe semilanceata) is a hallucinogenic mushroom, a so called magic mushroom, that grows on grassy meadows and similar; particularly in fields and other habitats well fertilised by sheep and other cattle dung (although unlike Psilocybe cubensis it does not grow directly on dung). ...


References

Further reading

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


 

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