Folio. Daily.
Parsons, pages 227, 8.
Brigham, page 903.
This is the complete file of this paper, of which the first number was that of January 1, 1791 (issued as no. 3720, a continuation,
without change of numbering, of
The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser
). It suspended publication from September 14 to December 2, 1793, on account of the yellow fever. On December 9 the title
was changed to
Dunlap and Claypoole’s American Daily Advertiser
, which continued until December 31, 1795.
John Dunlap, 1747-1812, established the first daily newspaper in the United States. Up to the time of the removal of the capital to New
York, Dunlap was printer to Congress, and the Declaration of Independence was printed in his office. The Constitution of the
United States was printed in the office of Dunlap and his partner Claypoole.
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85
Gazettes.
1795-7, d
o.
1797
1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols.]
89, Virginia, do. 1795-1813, 18 [vols.]
87, Raleigh, do. 1800 1 [vol.]
The papers contained in the above headings can be approximated from the 1831 Library of Congress catalogue as follows:
I. 1815 Catalogue, page 26. no. 82, Miscellaneous Gazettes, 1795-1800, 4 [vols].
1. 1831 Catalogue, page 65. no. J. 226, Delaware Gazette, Carolina Gazette, Forlorn Hope, Sun of Liberty, Tree of Liberty,
Intelligencer and Weekly Advertiser, Sentinel of Freedom, The Cabinet, Friend of the People, Political Mirror, Universal Gazette,
&c. &c., 1 v. folio; 1798 to 1800.
i.
Delaware Gazette.
Wilmington:
William C. Smith,
1798;
Bonsal & niles for
Vaughan and Coleman,
1799.
Folio. Bi-weekly (in 1798 and 1799).
Parsons, page 25.
Brigham, page 80.
Jeffersonian.
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ii.
Carolina Gazette . . .
Charleston:
Peter Freneau and
Seth Paine,
1798-1800.
Folio. Weekly.
Not in Parsons.
Brigham, page 1024.
Established on January 1, 1798, by the two publishers named above.
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iii.
Forlorn Hope.
New York, Prison: [Published by
William Keteltas],
1800.
Parsons, page 167.
Brigham, page 663.
A weekly, established by Keteltas in the interests of prison reform, especially as concerned imprisonment for debts. It ran
from March to September, 1800.
William Keteltas had some correspondence with Jefferson in 1801.
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iv.
Sun of Liberty.
Danbury (Connecticut):
Samuel Morse,
1800.
Weekly.
Not in Parsons.
Brigham, page 18.
Republican. Established by Morse on June 24, 1800. In October the paper was removed to
Norwalk. On June 26 Morse wrote to Jefferson a long letter concerning the paper.
See also
The Georgia Republican
, below.
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v.
Tree of Liberty.
Pittsburgh:
John Israel,
1800.
Weekly.
Parsons, page 262.
Brigham, page 967.
Anti-Federalist. Established on August 16, 1800, by John Israel.
Israel was introduced to Jefferson by Elijah Griffiths who wrote to Jefferson from Philadelphia on June 7, 1801: “. . . I beg leave to introduce to you, my friend John israel Esqre. Editor of the Herald of Liberty (Washington Pennsylvania)
he has acted his part well in the heat of the day in our State, & promises to be of great use to the cause of elective government
in time to come; he will be much gratified & esteem it an honor to made known
[
sic
--
Ed.
] to you . . .”
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