[Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)]. Thomas' Massachusetts Spy; or, The Worcester Gazette. Vol. XIX, No. 891. Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 29 April 1790.

16 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. printed newspaper. Minor marginal ink inscriptions, soiling, toning along edges. Provenance: William Crawford (ink inscription).

AN IMPORTANT PATRIOT PRINTER ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PRINTERS IN BRITISH AMERICA. Benjamin Franklin was a skilled printer and publisher who, in 1728, acquired the Pennsylvania Gazette and began publishing it; the newspaper became one of the most successful and influential newspapers in colonial America. Isaiah Thomas, by contrast, built one of the largest printing and publishing enterprises of the Revolutionary era and is best known for publishing the Massachusetts Spy, a newspaper that strongly supported the American cause.

[With:] Niles Weekly Register. Baltimore, 8 July 1826. Printed newspaper. With a front-page report on the death of Thomas Jefferson.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

[Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)]. Thomas' Massachusetts Spy; or, The Worcester Gazette. Vol. XIX, No. 891. Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 29 April 1790.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

[Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)]. Thomas' Massachusetts Spy; or, The Worcester Gazette. Vol. XIX, No. 891. Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 29 April 1790.

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