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Mary Katharine Goddard (June 16, 1738 – August 12, 1816) was an early American publisher, and the postmaster of the Baltimore Post Office from 1775 to 1789. She was the older sister of William Goddard , also a publisher and printer.
The Providence Gazette, at the time the only newspaper in Providence, was first published October 20, 1762, by William Goddard, and later with his sister Mary Katherine Goddard. The Providence Gazette was published weekly and passionately defended the rights of the colonies before the revolution and ably supported the cause of the country ...
Mary Katharine Goddard (16 June 1738 – 12 August 1816) was an early American publisher and the postmaster of the Baltimore Post Office from 1775 to 1789. She was the second printer to print the Declaration of Independence .
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The Providence Gazette was an American Revolutionary War 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.
printer, co-founder publisher of The Providence Gazette; Mother of William Goddard and Mary Katherine Goddard, also noted colonial printers Daniel Henchman (publisher) 1689-1761 Boston's largest book seller and publisher before the American revolution.
The Goddard broadside. In January 1777, Congress commissioned Mary Katherine Goddard to print a new broadside that, unlike the Dunlap broadside, lists the signers of the Declaration. [26] [27] With the publication of the Goddard broadside, the public learned for the first time who had signed the Declaration. [27]
In 1768, William's sister, Mary Katherine Goddard, who later became the first woman to be a postmaster in Maryland, joined and managed her brother's printing office in Philadelphia. [ 4 ] By 1770 the Pennsylvania Chronicle had a circulation of about twenty-five hundred, making it one of the most successful colonial newspapers.