The Pennsylvania Gazette was published twice a week and contained news and reports on public events. What made this paper different from others was the publication of essays and letters from readers, much of which was written by Franklin himself under pseudonyms.

On October 2, 1729, Samuel Keimer, the owner of The Gazette, fell into debt and before fleeing to Barbados sold the newspaper to Benjamin Franklin and his partner Hugh Meredith, [2] [3] [4] [5] who shortened its name, as well as dropping Keimer's grandiose plan to print out the Cyclopaedia. [1]

Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing The Pennsylvania Gazette at age 23. [3] . He became wealthy publishing this and Poor Richard's Almanack, which he wrote under the pseudonym "Richard Saunders". [4] .

Biographers and historians agree that Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) was the best journalist in colonial America and his Pennsylvania Gazette the best newspaper. Founded in 1728, the Gazette was the second newspaper to be produced in Philadelphia.

Feb 12, 2024 · A comprehensive edition of the papers of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the founders of the United States of America. Franklin had many careers during the course of his life including service as a diplomat, printer, writer, inventor, scientist, lawmaker, and postmaster.

Born to a Boston candlemaker who had emigrated from Ecton, England, Franklin became an American printer of national significance: the editor and publisher, at 23, of what became his nation’s most...

Sep 12, 2011 · Ben Franklin’s contributions to American journalism have been beneficial to newspaper printing, production and layout throughout the country’s history. His works will forever instill him as one of the most influential people in American history. In an expanding colony, news is crucial for further growth and expansion.

- Benjamin Franklin was owner and publisher from 1730-1750. - Published at York, Pa., Dec. 20, 1777-June 20, 1778. - Suspended between Nov. 1 and 14, 1765; between Nov. 27, 1776 and Feb. 5, 1777; and between Sept. 10 and Dec. 20, 1777.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S LEGENDARY NEWSPAPER. GIBRALTAR CEDED TO ENGLAND – TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE JEWS AND MOORS BANNED FROM THE CITY! The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia November 10, 1748. An original issue of the printer Benjamin Franklin’s famous Gazette printed at the end of the War of the Austrian Succession (King George’s War in ...

Jan 1, 2002 · The Pennsylvania Gazette usually printed several columns of intelligence, from out-of-town and foreign newspapers or from private letters; and essays, which might be reprinted from English periodicals, contributed by a member of the Junto or a reader, or written by Franklin himself. But every issue carried local news, reports, advertisements ...