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26-469: The newspaper was founded by printer William Bradford in 1725. Though it was first, it was not distinguished. Historian Frank Luther Mott has described the paper as a "small two-page paper, poorly printed, and containing chiefly foreign news from three to six months old, state papers, lists of ships entered and cleared, and a few advertisements." Bradford had been a printer in Philadelphia, and he

52-530: A paper under the title New-York Evening Post , which likely lasted until late 1752 or early 1753, and is unrelated to the current New York Post , founded in 1801. After De Forest dropped the Gazette title, others took it on, though without any official connection. This can cause confusion in newspaper bibliographies. The first to take the name was James Parker, another former Bradford apprentice, although he had fled his indenture early. In 1743 he had founded

78-644: Is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle colonies of the Thirteen Colonies , founding the first press in Pennsylvania in 1685 and the first press in New York in 1693. Bradford operated continuously printing establishments for sixty-two years, heading a family that would include printers and publishers for 140 years. He was also known for controversies regarding freedom of

104-762: Is interred in the Trinity Churchyard Cemetery on Wall Street in Manhattan where his tombstone still stands reading: Here lies the body of Mr. William Bradford, Printer, who departed this life May 23, 1752, aged 92 Years. He was born in Leicester in Old England in 1660 and came over to America in 1682, before the city of Philadelphia was laid out. He was printer to this government for upwards of 50 years and being quite worn out with old age and labour he left this mortal State in

130-712: The Congressional Record , Supreme Court decisions, passports, tax forms, internal government documents, and agency publications. The GPO did not print money, as that is a duty of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing . Benjamin Franklin served as Public Printer for several of the American colonies prior to the establishment of the United States. The House and Senate had separate printers until 1861, when

156-547: The lively Hopes of a better Immortality. Reader, reflect how soon you'll quit this stage, You'll find but few attain to such an age; Life's full of pain; lo, here's a place to rest; Prepare to meet your God, then you are blest. Here also lies the body of Elizabeth, wife to the said William Bradford, who departed this life July 8, 1731, aged 68 years. Bradford's wife Elizabeth gave birth to their first child, Andrew in 1686, who, along with his wife Cornelia Smith Bradford , were early American printers. Andrew published

182-662: The Crooked Billet in Holloway Lane at Shoreditch . Bradford started working for Sowel around 1680 and, by December 3, 1684, he had mastered the trade and was freed from his apprenticeship. Bradford married Sowel's eldest daughter, Elizabeth, on April 28, 1685. Sowel arranged for the two to join William Penn in his new colony in North America with a letter of recommendation from George Fox , founder of

208-604: The Weekly Post Boy with backing from Benjamin Franklin , to compete with Bradford. In 1747, he renamed his paper The New-York Gazette, revived in the Weekly Post-Boy . William Weyman joined Parker as a partner in 1753. William Bradford (colonial printer) William Bradford (May 20, 1663 – May 23, 1752) was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America . Bradford

234-542: The Governor, which had caused anger from Zenger and others. Subscriptions to the paper do not seem to have been plentiful. In the June 17, 1728 issue, Bradford appealed for more subscribers, and for delinquent accounts to pay up, reporting that he had lost 35 pounds on the paper in the two and half-years since starting the venture. The New-York Gazette was printed on paper produced in the paper mill of William Rittenhouse ,

260-627: The Mathamaticks and Astrology. Bradford advertised it as available to purchase near Philadelphia in Pennsilvania on December 28, 1685. After an incident with his printing press, Bradford was told not to print anything unless it was approved by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly council. In 1688, he printed Temple of Wisdom, the first full-sized book released in the middle colonies . Bradford

286-640: The Quakers, to become the colonial printer. William and Elizabeth Bradford arrived in America sometime in November 1685 and settled at a location near where Philadelphia was eventually laid out. Bradford then established Pennsylvania's first printing press, likely in the Chester or Burlington area. His first publication was an almanac , Kalendarium Pennsilvaniense compiled by Samuel Atkins, Student in

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312-867: The United States The director of The U.S. Government Publishing Office , formerly the public printer of the United States , is the head of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). Pursuant to 44 U.S.C.   § 301 , this officer is nominated by the president of the United States and approved by the United States Senate . The title was changed to "Director" when in December 2014, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law H.R. 83, which consolidated and continued appropriations for FY 2015. Section 1301 of that act changed

338-609: The United States by 1832. In 1692, Bradford printed thirteen of Keith's writings, including An Appeal from the Twenty-Eight Judges to Spirit of Truth , which the authorities construed as rebellious against the local government. Bradford was arrested, tried, and jailed for printing without a trade name imprint , a violation of the Licensing of the Press Act 1662 . This was America's first trial regarding freedom of

364-420: The first books printed in America. In that year Joseph Growdon, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly council, hired Bradford to print William Penn's original charter for the province. The new Pennsylvania governor John Blackwell was outraged and reprimanded him. Bradford argued that he printed what he received. In reprimanding the publishing of the original charter, authorities attempted to deny

390-865: The first newspaper in colonial Philadelphia . William Jr, the brother of Andrew, was a printer and seaman. Bradford's grandson, William Bradford became a well-known printer during the American Revolution for the Continental Congress . The Bradford Family Papers (1620–1906) are deposited at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania . Bradford established printing and publishing businesses that operated for 140 years from 1685 until 1825. He trained several apprentices that including John Peter Zenger , James Parker , Henry DeForest, and his son Andrew Bradford . Other early American publishers and printers: Public Printer of

416-480: The first paper mill established in the Thirteen Colonies , which has the Rittenhouse watermarks. Over its history the paper varied in length, rising from an initial two pages to four pages, and occasionally running as high as six pages. The Gazette ceased publication November 1744 upon Bradford's retirement. Henry De Forest had been co-publishing the paper in its later years with Bradford, and he continued

442-680: The name of the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office and the title of public printer to director. Thus, Davita Vance-Cooks was the last public printer of the United States and the first director of the U.S. Government Publishing Office. The director is responsible for the administration of the GPO. The GPO, a legislative agency of the government, provides electronic access to and produced most printed matter for government, including

468-530: The people of Pennsylvania knowledge of the rights and privileges afforded them under their laws. In 1690, Bradford, partnered with a newly arrived German paper maker, William Rittenhouse , and several merchants, and established the first paper mill in America along a creek in Roxborough, Pennsylvania . He had sent his wife and two infant sons to England and was making preparations to follow, to become

494-611: The press . He later printed works without a printer's name or place of publication. One of note was the first book in New York City, "New-England Persecution Transmitted to Pennsylvania" authored by Keith and with some words in Hebrew type. Bradford was the governor's only printer in the province of New York for three decades until 1723. He began publishing their first newspaper, the New-York Gazette in 1725, which

520-724: The press. Starting his printing career in London, Bradford emigrated to America in 1685. He established, with others, the first paper mill to appear in the Thirteen American Colonies . Throughout his career, Bradford printed and published thousands of titles. In addition to his print shops in the province of Pennsylvania, the province of New York, the province of New Jersey, he also had five different locations in New York City. Printing almanacs , newspapers, books, pamphlets, broadsides , blank forms, paper money, legal documents, colonial laws, and religious material, Bradford

546-407: The replacement printer for Sowel who had died, with plans to take over his business there. It wasn't until he had moved to New York later did he have enough business to contract with the managing partners of the paper mill to get preferential terms on products. The mill was the only paper manufacturer in the Thirteen Colonies until 1710. It was followed by hundreds of paper mills constructed in

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572-416: Was Bradford's former apprentice John Peter Zenger , who the governor sued for libel, but was acquitted at trial. This was a critical incident in the development of the American conception of the freedom of the press . Bradford remained neutral over the case, and defended himself in a statement in the Gazette in 1736, though acknowledging that he had felt compelled at times to print observations favorable to

598-549: Was also the public printer for the province of New York and province of New Jersey . William Bradford was born on May 20, 1663, to William and Ann Bradford in the village of Barwell in Leicestershire , England. Bradford apprenticed outside the family to learn a trade, as was customary at the time. His trainer was Andrew Sowel (some sources spell Sowle or Sorole), the foremost Quaker printer in London , who printed in

624-445: Was induced to move to New York in 1693 to become the public printer. He was in his 60s when he first issued the weekly Gazette in early November 1725, and he supported the provincial governor William Cosby upon which his livelihood depended. Public discontent with some of Cosby's actions, which the Gazette did not cover, led to the founding of a second newspaper in 1733, The New York Weekly Journal . The printer of that paper

650-468: Was living in Philadelphia by 1689 and had established a bookstore. He published a booklet in 1689 composed by Quaker missionary George Keith titled The Presbyterian and Independent Visible Churches in New England. Historian Isaiah Thomas owned a copy of the book that he claimed was the oldest known book printed in Philadelphia. According to book dealer historian William S. Reese , it is one of

676-479: Was published weekly. Bradford remained as publisher of the New-York Gazette, printing it until he retired. In 1727, he took James Parker as an apprentice for an eight-year term. In 1731, Bradford's first wife died and afterwards he married a widow named Smith. In 1734, his former apprentice, John Peter Zenger , was brought to court for libel , but Bradford remained out of the case. Bradford

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