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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 18 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) | 4 | 0 | Browse | Search |
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rivington , James 1724 - (search)
Rivington, James 1724-
Journalist; born in London, England, about 1724; was engaged in bookselling in London, and failing, came to America in 1760, and establish by him that.
with a company of light-horsemen from Connecticut, he destroyed Rivington's printing establishment in November, 1775, after which the latter went to En t Street front of the State-House.
(from an old print of the period.)
James Rivington. Appointed king's printer in New York, he returned late in 1776 with new p aterials, and in 1777 resumed the publication of his paper under the title of Rivington's New York loyal gazette.
Late in the year he changed it to Royal gazette.
tish.
When the loyalists fled and the American army entered the city (1783), Rivington remained unharmed, to the astonishment of those not in the secret.
He changed the title of his paper to Rivington's New York gazette and universal Advertiser.
But his business declined, as he had lost the confidence of both Whigs and Tories
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 9 : the beginnings of verse, 1610 -1808 (search)
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index. (search)