The ''Philadelphia Aurora'' was published six days a week in
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...
from 1794 to 1824. The paper was founded by
Benjamin Franklin Bache
Benjamin Franklin Bache (August 12, 1769 – September 10, 1798) was an American journalist, printer and publisher. He founded the ''Philadelphia Aurora'', a newspaper that supported Jeffersonian philosophy. He frequently attacked the Federalis ...
, 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 ...
and
John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...
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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