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Boston Weekly Advertiser

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Type
  
Weekly newspaper

Founded
  
1757

Ceased publication
  
1775

Publisher
  
Green & Russell

Language
  
English

Headquarters
  
Boston, Massachusetts

The Boston Weekly Advertiser (1757–1775), also called The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts by John Green (1727–1787) and Joseph Russell (1734–1795)

The paper "loyally sustained the British Government" during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Mills and John Hicks published the paper in its final years, 1773–1775.

Varying titles

  • The Boston Weekly Advertiser. Aug. 22, 1757- Dec. 25, 1758.
  • Green & Russell's Boston Post-boy & Advertiser. Jan. 1, 1759-May 23, 1763.
  • The Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser. May 30, 1763- Sept. 25, 1769.
  • The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser. Oct. 2, 1769-Apr. 17, 1775.

    • References

    Boston Weekly Advertiser Wikipedia
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