The Bermuda Gazette

The Bermuda Gazette
Type Weekly newspaper[1]
Publisher Joseph Stockdale[1]
Editor Joseph Stockdale
Founded 1784[1]
Language English
Headquarters St. George's, Bermuda[1]

The Bermuda Gazette was a Bermudian English-language weekly newspaper. Published from 1784-1816 by Joseph Stockdale (and by his three daughters from 1803-1816)[2][3], it was Bermuda's first newspaper.[1][2] In 1782, the Bermudian Legislature arranged for a printing press, and brought Stockdale from England to run it.[3]

Joseph Stockdale and the newspaper were honoured on Bermuda stamps in 1984 on the 200th anniversary of Bermuda's postal service and newspaper.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Bermuda gazette". United States Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 Stark, James Henry (1897). Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide: A Description of Everything on Or about These Places of which the Visitor Or Resident May Desire Information, Including Their History, Inhabitants, Climate, Agriculture, Geology, Government and Resources. Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands): J.H.Stark. p. 250. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Rigby, Neil. "1984 200th Anniversary of Bermuda's first Newspaper and Postal Service". Retrieved 7 June 2018.


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