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Excerpt from An Historical Digest of the Provincial Press, Vol. 1: Being a Collation of All Items of Personal and Historic Reference Relating to American Affairs Printed in the Newspapers of the Provincial Period Beginning With the Appearance of the Present State of the New-English Affairs, 1689 HE scheme of this work involves the exact reproduction of the text of the American newspapers, other than their reprints of foreign intelligence in the English journals, from the first attempted American newspaper in the year 1690, of which only a single number was issued, down through the Provincial Period closing with the year 1783. The first series, of which this is volume one, is to cover the Massachusetts press, for in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay American journalism had its beginning, and here alone was continued with a single newspaper through a decade and a half, or till 1719. Except in the provinces of Pennsylvania and New York, and there only in the cities of Philadelphia and New York, journalism was not planted elsewhere till after the first quarter of a century had passed. The news of the Massachusetts press, however, was by no means con fined to that province. The field of the Massachusetts periodicals was all the English colonies in America, and in their columns was reported not only the news of the other colonies but that of the West Indies, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, so far as news gathering facilities were effective in those primitive days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from An Historical Digest of the Provincial Press, Vol. 1: Being a Collation of All Items of Personal and Historic Reference Printed in the Newspapers of the Provincial Period From the Appearance of "the Present State of the New-English Affairs," 1689, "Publick Occurrences," 1690, and the First Issue of "the Bost It is proposed to compile and publish a digest of all items of personal reference and of historic events and documents printed in the newspapers of the Provincial Period. At the suggestion and with the endorsement of members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and of other historical organizations, this work has been undertaken by Lyman Horace Weeks and Edwin M. Bacon, editors, and the Society Americana, publishers. For many years past a digest of this character has been contemplated and has been keenly desired by historians and others. The large expense, the great amount of labor, and the considerable financial risk necessarily involved in the adequate and satisfactory accomplishing of such a work have heretofore been unsurmountable obstacles in the way of attempting it. The project is now entered upon under favorable conditions and with a sound financial backing that will enable it to be carried out to a successful termination. As will be seen by the accompanying notes of approval on pages 21, 22 and 23 of this prospectus, the enterprise has the approbation of librarians, scholars and others most interested in the preservation of all that pertains to the domestic affairs and public doings of the American founders. The importance of such a compilation is indisputable, and in the experience of investigators is constantly emphasized by the inadequacy and inaccessibility of the information relating to this formative period in American history. Many of the old town and church records previous to the beginning of die nineteenth century have disappeared. That valuable documents and papers were carried away from Boston at the time of the Evacuation is well known. Not even the town records of Boston, and of other dries and towns, -the minutes of the town meetings, of the selectmen, and of other proceedings, -or the records of probate courts and of the registers of deeds, are complete; and in Boston and elsewhere many vital statistics are lacking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
"The field of the Massachusetts periodicals was all the English colonies in America ... "Pref., p. v.
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