Bartholomew Green (printer, 1666)

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Bartholomew Green (born October 12, 1666 in Cambridge , Massachusetts , † December 28, 1732 ) was an American printer and later the editor-in-chief of The Boston News-Letter .

Green as editor-in-chief

The Boston News-Letter is considered the first continuously published newspaper in British North America. At first it was heavily subsidized by the British government, but its edition was limited. The first editor in chief was John Campbell. In 1722 the position of editor-in-chief changed and Green got the job as printer of the newspaper. Green changed the focus of the newspaper content and put more emphasis on what was happening on the ground. After his death in 1732, his son-in-law, John Draper, who was also a printer, took over the running of the newspaper. He enlarged the newspaper to four pages and filled it with news from all over the colony. Green had a son named Bartholomew who was a successful printer.

Printed fonts

  • Benjamin Colman: Some observations on the new method of receiving the small-pox by ingrafting or inoculating . Boston 1721 (English, nih.gov ). Green printed the work for Samuel Gerrish in his shop.
  • Authors' group (anonymous): A vindication of the ministers of Boston: from the abuses & scandals, lately cast upon them, in various printed papers . Boston 1722 (English, nih.gov ). Green printed the work for Samuel Gerrish in his shop.
  • The charter granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the inhabitants of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England . Boston 1742 (English, archive.org ). Green printed the work for Lieutenant, Governor and Councilor Benjamin Eliot and sold it in his shop.

literature

  • Isaiah Thomas, The History of Printing in America , Volume 1, 90

Web links

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ The year of birth 1667 can also be found in some sources.
  2. ^ Isaiah Thomas, The History of Printing in America , Part 1, 125
  3. ↑ America's First Newspaper. In: Varsity Tutors. Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Green, Bartholomew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American printer and editor-in-chief
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1732