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Pennsylvania Gazette, first issue after Benjamin Franklin took control

Pennsylvania Gazette (newspaper)

The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1723, before the time period of the American Revolution, until 1800. It was the second newspaper to be published in Pennsylvania under the name "The Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences: and Pennsylvania Gazette". On October 2, 1729, Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith bought the paper and shortened its name.