Original 1791 Gazette of the US newspaper Pro GEORGE WASHINGTON Federalist newsp

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Gazette of the US (Philadephia, PA) dated Aug 24, 1791. This newspaper contains National and International news as well as LOCAL Philadelphia, PA news and ads from 222 years ago while GEORGE WASHINGTON was the first President of the US. The Gazette of the US was pro-Federalist (and thus Pro-GEORGE WASHINGTON) partisan newspaper. The opposing political newspaper was the NATIONAL GAZETTE (published by Phillip Freneau), which was pro-Democratic Republican (and thus Pro-Thomas Jefferson). The Gazette of the United States was an early American partisan newspaper first issued on April 15, 1789, as a biweekly publication friendly to the administration of George Washington , and to the policies and members of the emerging Federalist Party . The Gazette was originally published in New York City by editor John Fenno , but followed the United States Government in 1790 to its new temporary seat and capital in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . There the editorship was taken over by Joseph Dennie until he founded Port Folio . Throughout its history, The Gazette would function as a quasi-official Federalist publication. Contributors would write, often pseudonymously or anonymously, in support of various Federalist positions, politicians, or policies. Like many other publications of the day, the paper also hosted pieces containing personal attacks (in this case, largely on Federalist opponents). Among the paper's more famous and prolific pseudonymous contributors was Alexander Hamilton , who produced articles under many different noms de plume. John Adams , then Vice-President of the United States, published his famous Discourses on Davila , his last great text of political theory, in periodic installments of the Gazette between April 1790 and April 1791, when the series was suddenly interrupted. The Gazette played a notable role in the development of political parties and early partisanship. It also played a leading role in inspiring the creation of its rival paper, the National Gazette , which was founded at the urging of anti-Federalist leaders Thomas Jefferson and James Madison as a vehicle for their party's own political self-promotion and polemics. The National Gazette was a Democratic-Republican partisan newspaper that was first published on October 31, 1791. It was edited and published semiweekly by poet and printer Philip Freneau until October 23, 1793. The National Gazette was founded at the urging of republican leaders James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in order to counter the influence of the rival Federalist newspaper, the Gazette of the United States . Not unlike other papers of the era, the National Gazette centered around its fervent political content. The Gazette's political content was often written pseudonymously, and was directed against the Federalist Party . Many prominent republicans contributed articles, often pseudonymously, including Madison and Jefferson. The Gazette is unique among early American partisan newspapers for being substantially supported by a major player within a sitting Administration (then Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson) while simultaneously attacking that Administration's own policies. Jefferson originally enticed Freneau to come to Philadelphia to edit the Gazette by hiring him as a translator at the United States Department of State for an annual salary of $250. Federalist writers, including Alexander Hamilton , attacked this as a conflict of interest. Hamilton and other Federalists also financially supported their own partisan newspaper, the Gazette of the United States , although their publication did not attack Washington and his policies, but praised them effusively. Freneau's Gazette spent much of its time criticizing the policies of th... read more

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