Pennsylvania Gazette

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The Pennsylvania Gazette was a prominent 18th-century American newspaper, co-owned and published by Benjamin Franklin, that became one of the most influential colonial periodicals.

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instanceOf colonial American newspaper
newspaper
acquiredBy Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
Hugh Meredith NERFINISHED
acquisitionYear 1729
associatedWith Benjamin Franklin printing business NERFINISHED
ceasedPublication 1800s
cityOfPublication Philadelphia NERFINISHED
colony Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
coPublisher David Hall NERFINISHED
Hall and Sellers NERFINISHED
Hugh Meredith NERFINISHED
Thomas Wharton NERFINISHED
William Goddard NERFINISHED
country Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED
firstIssueDate 1728-12-24
format broadsheet
founded 1728
foundedBy Samuel Keimer NERFINISHED
frequency weekly
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era
American colonial period
influenced American public opinion
development of American journalism
knownFor Benjamin Franklin essays
influential colonial journalism
political commentary
satirical pieces
witty advertisements
language English
notableContributor Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
Richard Saunders NERFINISHED
notableEditor Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
David Hall NERFINISHED
originalTitle The Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences: and Pennsylvania Gazette NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Patriot
printed literary pieces
official notices
political essays
runaway servant notices
shipping news
slave sale advertisements
pseudonymUsed Poor Richard NERFINISHED
Silence Dogood NERFINISHED
publisher Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED
region British America NERFINISHED
significance one of the most prominent newspapers in colonial America
subjectFocus advertising
commerce
news
politics

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Join or Die firstPublishedIn Pennsylvania Gazette
subject surface form: Join, or Die
Join or Die publisher Pennsylvania Gazette
subject surface form: Join, or Die