New-England Courant

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New-England Courant was an early 18th-century Boston newspaper founded by James Franklin, known for its independent, often controversial journalism and for publishing some of Benjamin Franklin’s first writings.

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New-England Courant canonical 3

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instanceOf colonial American newspaper
newspaper
associatedWith Benjamin Franklin
James Franklin
circulationArea Boston
New England
cityOfPublication Boston
countryOfOrigin British America
Colonial America
editor James Franklin
founder James Franklin
genre newspaper
hasAudience New England colonists
linked to: British colonists

literate residents of Boston
hasFormat periodical
hasNotableFeature editorials critical of authorities
pseudonymous essays
use of satire
hasPseudonymousContributor Silence Dogood
hasRoleIn development of American journalism
history of freedom of the press in America
historicalPeriod early 18th century
influenced American colonial press
Benjamin Franklin’s literary development
knownFor controversial journalism
criticism of colonial authorities
early American press freedom
independent journalism
language English
locatedIn Boston
Province of Massachusetts Bay
locationCreated Boston
medium print
notableContributor Benjamin Franklin
Silence Dogood
partOf history of Boston newspapers
politicalAlignment anti-authoritarian
oppositional to colonial government
printType broadsheet
publishedEarlyWritingsOf Benjamin Franklin
publisher James Franklin
regionOfPublication New England
subject current events
news
politics

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James Franklin notableWork New-England Courant
James Franklin founded New-England Courant
James Franklin employer New-England Courant