When was the pennsylvania gazette published

Direct Link. Accounting Library Closed. Cinematic Arts Library noon to 8pm. Doheny Memorial Library noon to 8pm. East Asian Library noon to 8pm. Gerontology Library Services Closed. Grand Avenue Library Closed. The emphasis was on news, not literary or political essays, and most of that news was copied from European papers.

But Franklin had a knack for selecting, editing, and rewriting. This issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette is typical in some ways, atypical in others. As usual, the paper is filled with European news of war and diplomacy.

But in some important war news came to Philadelphia via Boston. The Gazette was the second newspaper published in Philadelphia, the first was American Weekly Mercury published by Andrew Bradford in Only three copies of the original issue are known to exist.

Under Franklin, the Gazette became the most successful newspaper in the colonies. Its appearance was improved with better types, articles and news resulting in an exponential growth in the number of subscribers. The Pennsylvania Gazette was published twice a week and contained news and reports on public events. What made this paper different from others was the publication of essays and letters from readers, much of which was written by Franklin himself under pseudonyms.

He resisted making the Gazette partisan until the time leading up to the American Revolution. Franklin used the Gazette to publish his experiments with electricity. On October 19, he published his electric kite experiment by which he proved that lightning and electricity are the same.