''The Weekly Rehearsal'' or ''The Rehearsal'' (1731–1735) was a literary newspaper published in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the capital city, state capital and List of municipalities in Massachusetts, most populous city of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financ ...
,
, in the 1730s.
Jeremiah Gridley
Jeremiah Gridley or Jeremy Gridley (1702–1767) was a lawyer, editor, colonial legislator, and attorney general in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century. He served as "Grand Master of the Masons in North America" around the 1760s, and was ...
served as editor and publisher (1731-1733); other publishers/printers included John Draper and
Thomas Fleet
Thomas Fleet (1685–1758) was an English printer who came to the British colonies in America and established himself as a printer and publisher in Boston. His decision to come to the colonies was prompted by people seeking retribution for what ...
. In 1735 it was continued by Thomas Fleet's ''Boston Evening Post.''
See also
* ''The
Boston Evening-Post
The ''Boston Evening-Post'' (August 18, 1735 – April 24, 1775) was a newspaper printed in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century. Publishers included Thomas Fleet
Thomas Fleet (1685–1758) was an English printer who came to the Brit ...
,'' successor to ''The Rehearsal''
Image gallery
Image:1731 ThomasHancock WeeklyRehearsal Boston Oct25.png, Thomas Hancock on Ann Street served as conduit for The Rehearsal's correspondence, 1731
Image:1733 selectmen WeeklyRehearsal Boston March19.png, Announcement of newly elected Boston selectmen, 1733
File:1733 Julian WeeklyRehearsal Boston March19.png, Item about execution of Julian the Indian 1733
Image:1734 markets WeeklyRehearsal Boston 13May.png, Item about public marketplaces in Boston, 1734
Image:1735 Smibert WeeklyRehearsal Boston May26.png, Announcement of art sale at John Smibert
John Smibert (rarely spelled Smybert; ; 24 March 1688 – 2 April 1751) was a Scottish-born painter, regarded as the first academically trained artist to live and work regularly in British America.
Career
Born in Edinburgh on 24 March 1688, Smi ...
's house, Queen Street, Boston, 1735
References
Further reading
* Isaiah Thomas, Benjamin Franklin Thomas
The history of printing in America with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers, Volume 1. J. Munsell, printer, 1874.
* Albert Matthews
Check-list of Boston newspapers, 1704-1780 Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1907.
* John K. Reeves. Jeremy Gridley, Editor. New England Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jun., 1944), pp. 265-281.
* Charles E. Clark. Boston and the Nurturing of Newspapers: Dimensions of the Cradle, 1690-1741. New England Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Jun., 1991).
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