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Newspaper The Boston Gazette, Or, Country Journal (Boston [Mass.]) 1755-1793 Country journal / Boston-gazette, and country journal / Boston gazette, and the country journal

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Boston Gazette, Or, Country Journal (Boston [Mass.]) 1755-1793

Other Title

  • Country journal
  • Boston-gazette, and country journal
  • Boston gazette, and the country journal

Names

  • Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803
  • Gill, John, 1732-1785

Dates of Publication

  • 1755-1793

Created / Published

  • Boston [Mass.] : B. Edes and J. Gill, 1755-1793.

Headings

  • -  Boston (Mass.)--Newspapers
  • -  Suffolk County (Mass.)--Newspapers
  • -  Watertown (Mass.)--Newspapers
  • -  Middlesex County (Mass.)--Newspapers
  • -  Massachusetts--Boston
  • -  Massachusetts--Middlesex County
  • -  Massachusetts--Suffolk County
  • -  Massachusetts--Watertown
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Middlesex--Watertown

Genre

  • Electronic journals
  • Relief prints--United States--18th century
  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  No. 1 (Apr. 7, 1755)-no. 2048 (Dec. 30, 1793).
  • -  Title varies: Boston-gazette, and country journal, Apr. 12, 1756-Apr. 5, 1779; Boston gazette, and the country journal, Apr. 12, 1779-Dec. 30, 1793.
  • -  Published in Watertown, Mass., June 5, 1775-Oct. 28, 1776.
  • -  Suspended with Apr. 17, 1775 issue; resumed June 5, 1775.
  • -  Also issued on microopaque and microfilm from Readex Microprint Corp. ; Microfilming Corp. of America, Birth of America Series.
  • -  1775 ed. Conserved Project no. 000077 1972 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Conservation Division. pda
  • -  Boston gazette, and weekly Republican journal (DLC)sn 83021293 (OCoLC)10077456

Medium

  • 2048 no. ; 38 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper
  • AP2.A2 A63 Box 35

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83021292

OCLC Number

  • 10077337

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The Boston Gazette, Or, Country Journal Boston Mass. -1793. (Boston, MA), Jan. 1 1755. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn83021292/.

APA citation style:

(1755, January 1) The Boston Gazette, Or, Country Journal Boston Mass. -1793. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn83021292/.

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The Boston Gazette, Or, Country Journal Boston Mass. -1793. (Boston, MA) 1 Jan. 1755. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn83021292/.