Boston Post-Boy
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The Boston Weekly Post-Boy (1734-1754) and later Boston Post-Boy was a newspaper published by postmaster Ellis Huske in 18th-century Boston
, Massachusetts
. The paper appeared weekly, on Mondays.
Although the paper ceased in 1754, it was more or less later "revived Aug. 22, 1757, by new publishers, under the title Boston Weekly Advertiser
."
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. The paper appeared weekly, on Mondays.
Although the paper ceased in 1754, it was more or less later "revived Aug. 22, 1757, by new publishers, under the title Boston Weekly Advertiser
Boston Weekly Advertiser
The Boston Weekly Advertiser , also called The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts by John Green and Joseph Russell...
."
Further reading
- Mary Farwell Ayer and Albert Matthews. Check-list of Boston newspapers 1704-1780. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 9. Boston: 1907.
- Charles E. Clark. The public prints: the newspaper in Anglo-American culture, 1665-1740. Oxford University Press US, 1994.