Boston Weekly Advertiser
The Boston Weekly Advertiser (1757–1775), also called The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts by John Green (1727–1787) and Joseph Russell (1734–1795)[1]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Green & Russell |
| Founded | 1757 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1775 |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts |
The paper "loyally sustained the British Government" during the American Revolution.[2]
Nathaniel Mills and John Hicks published the paper in its final years, 1773–1775.[3][4]
Varying titles
- The Boston Weekly Advertiser. Aug. 22, 1757- Dec. 25, 1758.
- Green & Russell's Boston Post-boy & Advertiser. Jan. 1, 1759-May 23, 1763.
- The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser. May 30, 1763- Sept. 25, 1769.
- The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser. Oct. 2, 1769-Apr. 17, 1775.[3]
See also
- Boston Post-Boy, published 1834-1854
References
- Isaiah Thomas. The History of Printing in America: With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. From the press of Isaiah Thomas, 1874.
- King's hand-book of Boston. Moses King. 1889.
- https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/massachusetts.html
- Joseph Tinker Buckingham. Specimens of newspaper literature: with personal memoirs, anecdotes, and reminiscences; v.1. Redding and Co., 1852.
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