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Show IHT U. . NtWtPAr-fSl On April :i. 1704. ths Boston Nana letter, ihe flrat permanent newapaper puhtlelied In the United Hlatea. aaa first laaurd al Poalon The paper waa eetahllehcd and puhllahed by John Campbell, a ttcotrhman. who wss a bookseller and poet master in Itoeton. The entire rontenta of the flrat leeue consulted of a report of Ihe quaen'a speech to both houses of parliament, a few arllrlea of local Intereat, four' abort paragraphs of marine Intelligence from New York. rhileitetphta end New lndnn. end a single advertisement from the publisher hlmeolf. In III, the Nisi letter met with a killer rivsl In tha Boston lie-sette, lie-sette, but with Its name changed to tha :assaehusetls Us sette and Hoaion Newa Letter It grew m be Ihe chief organ of British rule dona ta tha earuatlon af Beaton. The New Boa ton Usxette. slsrtsd In 177S. had a different policy than Its predeeeeeoe and- became the voice of Ihe people agalnat kuiigland. |