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York, it is believed, was by William Bradford *, 

 October 16th, 1725, under the title of The Nctc^- 

 York Gazette. The lirst paper published in Rhode 

 Island was the Rhode-Island Gazette, by James 

 Franklin, before mentioned, who began the pub- 

 lication in October 1732. The first in Connecti- 

 cut was by James Parker, in 17-55; and the first 

 in Nezv Hampshire, by Daniel Fowle, in 1756. 

 The periods at which Gazettes were first intro- 

 duced into the other states are not certainly 

 known. In 1771 they had increased to the num- 

 ber of fwenly-frce ; and in 1801 more than one 

 hundred and eighty different newspapers wer&- 

 printcd in different parts of the United States f . 



* The family of the Bradfords deserves to be mentioned in 

 hononrable connexion with that of the Greens, in the annals of 

 American printing. The press of Samuel Green was the first 

 introduced into New England ; and the pi'esses of Andrew and 

 William Bradford were, it is believed, the first established ia 

 Pennsylvania and Ncav York. It is remarkable that there has 

 been, for more than a century past, in both these families, a 

 constant and respectable succession of printers. 



•f Of these vik)(yjX fifteen are dailu papers; and supposing 1000 

 copies of each to be printed, the whole number of copies an- 

 nually distributed, making due alloAvance for Sundays, b^c, will 

 be about 4590000. The number printed three times a week is 

 about nine. Of these, supposing 800 copies to be on an average, 

 (rtricken off, the amount annually distributed will be 1080000. 

 About twenty-five are printed tvoice a Aveek. Of these, alloAving 

 800 copies each to be the common number sent abroad, the nunir 

 ber annually circulated Avill be 2000000. Finally, about one 

 hundred and thirtj/ newspapers are printed iveeklij ; and, alloAving 

 the number of each published to be 800, the amount of this class 

 annually' edited Avill be 5408000. So that the whole number 

 of neAV'spapers annually circulated in the United States may be 

 estimated at thirteen niilllons and seventr/'eight thousand. For the 

 s^e of being rather beloAV than above the mark, say tvoelve mih 



