Gazette of the United States
The Gazette of the United States was an American newspaper published from 1789 to 1804 . At the time of the first party system in the United States , it served as the quasi-official publication of the Federalists .
history
The first edition of the Gazette of the United States appeared on April 15, 1789 in New York, the then capital of the United States. In November 1790, the newspaper followed the federal government's move to Philadelphia . Under its publisher John Fenno († 1798) the Gazette was the mouthpiece of the federalists around Alexander Hamilton , John Adams and John Jay . Hamilton has written articles for the Gazette over the years, mostly under various pseudonyms, to justify his party's actions and to attack his political opponents. While in the first two years of its existence it still had a quasi-monopoly on the market for political newspapers, the Anti-Federalists around Thomas Jefferson founded their own publication in 1791, the National Gazette edited by Philip Freneau , in order to to influence public opinion in their favor. After the National Gazette was discontinued in 1793 , the Aurora, published by Benjamin Franklin Bache , was the Gazette of the United States' main rival .
Name change
The newspaper changed its name repeatedly until it was closed in 1804:
- Gazette of the United States : April 15, 1789 - September 18, 1793
- Gazette of the United States & Evening Advertiser : December 11, 1793 - June 11, 1794
- Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser : June 12, 1794 - June 30, 1795
- Gazette of the United States : July 1, 1795 - June 30, 1796
- Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser : July 1, 1796 - June 27, 1800
- Gazette of the United States & Daily Advertiser : June 28, 1800 - November 1, 1801
- Gazette of the United States : November 2, 1801 - February 18, 1804
literature
- Eric Burns: Infamous Scribblers: The Founding Fathers and the Rowdy Beginnings of American Journalism . Public Affairs, 2006. ISBN 1586484281