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Benjamin Harris (fl. 1673–1716) was an English publisher, a figure of the Popish Plot in England who then moved to New England as an early journalist. He published the New England Primer, the first textbook in British America, and edited the first multi-page newspaper there, Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick, from 25 September 1690.
History. Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the first multi-page newspaper published in the British colonies in America. Before then, single-page newspapers, called broadsides, were published in the English colonies and printed in Cambridge in 1689. The first edition of Publick Occurrences was published September 25, 1690, in ...
Thomas Fleet (printer) (1685-1758) Booksellers, printer; established the Boston Evening Post. John Foster (printer) 1648–1681. Printer and engraver; credited with producing the first engravings in British colonial America and the official seals of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Daniel Fowle (printer) 1715–1787.
Boston, Massachusetts United States. The Boston News-Letter, first published on April 24, 1704, is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in the colony of Massachusetts. It was heavily subsidized by the British government, with a limited circulation. All copies were approved by the Royal governor before publication. [1]
The New England Primer was the first reading primer designed for the American colonies. It became the most successful educational textbook published in 17th-century colonial United States and it became the foundation of most schooling before the 1790s. In the 17th century, the schoolbooks in use had been Bibles brought over from England.
The Psalms, which was translated into English and published by Stephen Daye in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1640, was the first book printed in British America. Thomas Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, published in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1779, is the earliest known printed version of the proposed bill. [91] [f]
See also: History of American journalism and Early American publishers and printers. The history of American newspapers begins in the early 18th century with the publication of the first colonial newspapers. American newspapers began as modest affairs—a sideline for printers. They became a political force in the campaign for American ...
Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity. He was the only person to sign the Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Paris, peace with Britain and the Constitution. Foundational in defining the American ethos, Franklin has been called "the most accomplished American of his ...