The New-England courant
Subtitle: From Monday February 4. to Monday February 11. 1723
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1856
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Newspapers; Facsimiles; Specimens
Work titles: New-England courant Reprint, 1856
Notes: The New-England courant was a weekly newspaper that ran 1-255, 7 Aug. 1721-25 June 1726, published by James Franklin; owing to a conflict with the General Court, James was jailed and his paper suspended but, with no. 80, 11 Feb. 1723 (here reprinted), it continued publishing under the name of his brother Benjamin -- Original colophon (p.[2]): Boston: Printed and sold by Benjamin Franklin in Queen Street, where advertisements are taken in."; below that: "Fac-Simile of the first paper ever issued by Franklin, and now printed (Sept. 17, 1856) on a press once used by him."