Edmund Freeman (printer)
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Edmund Freeman was a printer and publisher in Boston
, Massachusetts
, in the late 18th-century. He published the Boston Magazine
and the Herald of Freedom
newspaper. He worked with Loring Andrews as "Freeman and Andrews, printers, State-Street, north side State-House." As editor of the Herald of Freedom, he was sued for libel in 1790 by Massachusetts legislator John Gardiner; Freeman won the case.
Freeman came to Boston from Sandwich, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Pattee (d.1866); children were William Freeman (1797-1829) and Ann Freeman (1798-1857). He died in 1807, at age 43.
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...
, in the late 18th-century. He published the Boston Magazine
Boston Magazine (1783-1786)
Boston Magazine was produced in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1780s. It originated from the efforts of "a society for compiling a magazine in the town of Boston;" the society consisted of John Eliot, James Freeman, George R. Minot, Aaron Dexter, John Clarke, John Bradford, Benjamin Lincoln,...
and the Herald of Freedom
Herald of Freedom (Boston newspaper)
The Herald of Freedom or Herald of Freedom and the Federal Advertiser was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century by Edmund Freeman, Loring Andrews, and John Howel....
newspaper. He worked with Loring Andrews as "Freeman and Andrews, printers, State-Street, north side State-House." As editor of the Herald of Freedom, he was sued for libel in 1790 by Massachusetts legislator John Gardiner; Freeman won the case.
Freeman came to Boston from Sandwich, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Pattee (d.1866); children were William Freeman (1797-1829) and Ann Freeman (1798-1857). He died in 1807, at age 43.
Published/printed by Freeman
- Boston Magazine (1783-1786)Boston Magazine (1783-1786)Boston Magazine was produced in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1780s. It originated from the efforts of "a society for compiling a magazine in the town of Boston;" the society consisted of John Eliot, James Freeman, George R. Minot, Aaron Dexter, John Clarke, John Bradford, Benjamin Lincoln,...
- Weatherwise's Almanack for the Year 1789. Boston: Printed and Sold by Edmund Freeman, 1788.
- Herald of Freedom (Boston newspaper)Herald of Freedom (Boston newspaper)The Herald of Freedom or Herald of Freedom and the Federal Advertiser was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century by Edmund Freeman, Loring Andrews, and John Howel....
, (1790-1791)
About Freeman
- From the Centinel. Proceedings on the Examination of the Printer of the Herald. Herald of Freedom, Date: 02-12-1790
- Massachusetts. Boston, February 1. Vermont Journal, and the Universal Advertiser; Date: 02-17-1790.
- [Account of the trial]. Herald of Freedom; Date: 03-04-1791.
- Supreme Judicial Court; trial for a libel: Commonwealth vs. Freeman. Herald of Freedom; Date: 03-11-1791
- Trial for a Libel. Middlesex Gazette (Connecticut); Date: 03-26-1791