Journalist; born in
Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 14, 1732; captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1760, and one of the
Boston Sons of Liberty.
In his printingoffice many of the tea-party disguised themselves, and were there regaled with punch after the exploit at the wharf was performed.
He began, with
Mr. Gill, in 1755, the publication of the
Boston Gazette and country journal, which became a very popular newspaper, and did eminent service in the cause of popular liberty.
Adams,
Hancock,
Otis,
Quincy,
Warren, and other leading spirits were constant contributors to its columns, while
Mr. Edes himself wielded a caustic pen. He was in
Watertown during the siege of
Boston, from which place he issued the
Gazette, the “mouth-piece of the
Whigs.”
It was discontinued in 1798, after a life, sustained by
Edes, of forty years. He died in
Boston, Dec. 11, 1803.