Published between 1719 and 1746. Publsished again in 2005 by American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., Inc. This is an internet publication for the enlightenment and knowledge of all Americans who believe in Constitutional freedom from any form of control or tyranny from the government. OUR FACEBOOK PAGE IS ALSO A 'HUB' TO BRING YOU UPDATED STORIES FROM OTHER SOURCES AROUND THE COUNTRY
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njamin Franklin may have been Philadelphia's most influential printer during the colonial period, but he was not without competition. Andrew Bradford, Philadelphia born in 1686, had been printing the American Weekly Mercury in the city Philadelphia for more than three years when Franklin arrived in 1723, a young run-away apprentice from Boston. Bradford printed Philadelphia's first newspaper, The American Weekly Mercury in 1719. It was Philadelphia's lone newspaper until 1728 and remained influential until its demise in 1746. Colonial newspapers carried news from Europe that had been gleaned from personal letters and continental newspapers (often weeks or months old). News from other colonies was also a regular feature. Local occurrences were of less interest, unless spectacular events such as fires, hangings, or freak storms; the exception to this rule was the record of outgoing and incoming sailing vessels which was faithfully printed. It was the first newspaper in the Colonies to be published outside Boston, the Mercury was well known for its essays on political liberty. Includes 1,370 issues published between 1719 and 1746. Acquired and publsished again in 2005 by American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., Inc.
