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''The Providence Gazette'' was an
''The Providence Gazette'' was an American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
era newspaper, and the only newspaper printed in Providence before 1775. It was first published October 20, 1762, by William Goddard and his partner John Carter in the basement of his Providence home, on a sheet of crown size, folio ; an image of the king's arms decorated the title. It was printed every Saturday, from types of English and long primer. Thomas, 1874, Vol II, p. 83 In 1768 Carter became the sole propieter of the newspaper.
The Gazette was one among many such publications that published attacks on the Stamp Act which was roundly opposed by the colonists, and especially by the printing and publishing trade which was required to print on stamped paper, forcing the prices of newspapers and pamphlets to increase. It often published a variety of letters sent to Goddard protesting the act. Goddard discontinued his newspaper from May 11, to August 24, 1765. It started up again in January 1767 where it was operating under William and his older sister, Mary Katherine Goddard. It wasn't until August 9, 1766, when the Stamp Act had been repealed, did the Gazette begin a permanent existence. The Gazette proved to be one of the definitive newspapers which
gave a special significance of the eighteenth-century American press.
When Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading inte ...
became Postmaster General on July 26, 1775, he appointed Goddard as Surveyor of the Posts where he set out to inspect the post offices and postal routes of the colonies. His older sister Mary Katherine Goddard assumed full control of the newspaper. Carroll, 1907, pp. xxxvi, 5, 9
The paper was published weekly and passionately defended the rights of the colonies before the revolution and ably supported the cause of the country during the war. After the war when American independence was established the Providence Gazette continued to promote federal Republican principles.
See also
*Early American publishers and printers
Early American publishers and printers played a central role in the social, religious, political and commercial developments in colonial America, before, during, and after the American Revolution. Printing and publishing in the 17th and 18th ce ...
* History of American newspapers
The history of American newspapers begins in the early 18th century with the publication of the first Thirteen Colonies, colonial newspapers. American newspapers began as modest affairs—a sideline for printers. They became a political force ...
* Freedom of the press in the United States
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History
Thirteen Colonies
In the Thirteen Colonies before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the newspa ...
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Bibliography
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