Richard Pierce (publisher)
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Richard Pierce was an American
printing press
owner and publisher who printed Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
for Benjamin Harris
, generally considered the first newspaper printed in America.
In some vital records, his name is rendered Richard Pearce. Benjamin Franklin
and others write that Pierce was conflated with a London printer of the same name. Franklin wrote that Pierce came to Boston and served his apprenticeship under John Foster. After Foster's death, he was employed by Samuel Green, Jr. Pierce married Sarah Cotton in 1680; she died in 1690. Among other works printed was Richard Steere
's A Monumental Memorial and New England Primer via his wife's family connection to John Cotton.
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printing press
Printing press
A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium , thereby transferring the ink...
owner and publisher who printed Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick was the title of the first multi-page newspaper published in the Americas. Before then, single-page newspapers, called broadsides, were published in the English colonies and printed in Cambridge in 1689...
for Benjamin Harris
Benjamin Harris (publisher)
Benjamin Harris an English publisher, a figure of the Popish Plot in England who then moved to New England as an early journalist...
, generally considered the first newspaper printed in America.
In some vital records, his name is rendered Richard Pearce. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat...
and others write that Pierce was conflated with a London printer of the same name. Franklin wrote that Pierce came to Boston and served his apprenticeship under John Foster. After Foster's death, he was employed by Samuel Green, Jr. Pierce married Sarah Cotton in 1680; she died in 1690. Among other works printed was Richard Steere
Richard Steere (author)
Richard Steere was a colonial American merchant and poet.Steere was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England, probably in 1643. He is known for his book of poetry A Monumental Memorial of Marine Mercy and The Daniel Catcher , an anti-Catholic answer to 's Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden.-References:...
's A Monumental Memorial and New England Primer via his wife's family connection to John Cotton.