New-England Courant

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New-England Courant was an early 18th-century Boston newspaper founded by James Franklin, known for its independent, often controversial journalism and for publishing some of Benjamin Franklin’s first writings.

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New-England Courant canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial American newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
associatedWith Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
James Franklin ⓘ
circulationArea Boston ⓘ
New England ⓘ
cityOfPublication Boston ⓘ
countryOfOrigin British America ⓘ
Colonial America ⓘ
editor James Franklin ⓘ
founder James Franklin ⓘ
genre newspaper ⓘ
hasAudience New England colonists ⓘ
linked to: British colonists

literate residents of Boston ⓘ
hasFormat periodical ⓘ
hasNotableFeature editorials critical of authorities ⓘ
pseudonymous essays ⓘ
use of satire ⓘ
hasPseudonymousContributor Silence Dogood ⓘ
hasRoleIn development of American journalism ⓘ
history of freedom of the press in America ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 18th century ⓘ
influenced American colonial press ⓘ
Benjamin Franklin’s literary development ⓘ
knownFor controversial journalism ⓘ
criticism of colonial authorities ⓘ
early American press freedom ⓘ
independent journalism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Boston ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
locationCreated Boston ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableContributor Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Silence Dogood ⓘ
partOf history of Boston newspapers ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-authoritarian ⓘ
oppositional to colonial government ⓘ
printType broadsheet ⓘ
publishedEarlyWritingsOf Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
publisher James Franklin ⓘ
regionOfPublication New England ⓘ
subject current events ⓘ
news ⓘ
politics ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Franklin → notableWork → New-England Courant ⓘ
James Franklin → founded → New-England Courant ⓘ
James Franklin → employer → New-England Courant ⓘ