The ''Philadelphia Aurora'' was published six days a week in
Philadelphia from 1794 to 1824. The paper was founded by
Benjamin Franklin Bache, who served as editor until his death in 1798. It is sometimes referred to as the ''Aurora General Advertiser''.
[ presents a history of this newspaper.]
William Duane is also said to have founded the paper.
The ''Auroras articles generally denounced Federalists, including vitriolic attacks on the presidential administrations of
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...
and
John Adams.
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Archives at Google News(1792-94, 1796–1800, 1807, 1810) (incomplete coverage)
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Publications established in 1794
Defunct newspapers of Philadelphia
Publications disestablished in 1824
1794 establishments in Pennsylvania
1824 disestablishments in Pennsylvania