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NEW LONDON.
The Summary was the second newspaper established in
that colony, and was first published August 8, 1758, by the
second Timothy Green. It was printed on a small half
sheet, and occasionally on a whole sheet, weekly; at first
on Tuesday, and afterwards on Friday. A small cut of the
colony arms was in the title. Green continued the Summary
and three weeks after his demise it was discontinued.[4]
This Gazette was substituted for the Summary, which it
immediately succeeded. It had a cut of the king's arms
in the title, and was first published November 1, 1763,[5]
by
Timothy Green, the third printer of this name in New
London. This paper was issued weekly, on Friday, on a
sheet of foolscap, folio, principally from a long primer type.
On the 17th of December, 1773, the title was altered to
The Connecticut Gazette. It was enlarged to a sheet of crown,
and afterwards to a sheet of larger size.
This paper outlived several which, since 1775, were published
in the same place; it uniformly defended the rights
of the country before our revolution, and supported federal
republican principles after the adoption of the constitution.[6]
Timothy Green, the first printer of the Gazette, in May,
Green, who continued its publication.
We learn from Miss Caulkins, that it was entitled The New London
Summary, or the Weekly Advertiser, with the Freshest Advices, Foreign and
Domestic. The colophon was, Printed by Thomas Green. It was a folio
sheet; the size of the page 8 × 12 inches, in two columns. A cut of the
colony seal, surmounted by an escutcheon of the town, a ship under full
sail, by way of crest. No. 1 was issued Aug. 8, 1758; the editor died Aug.
3, 1763, and the paper was discontinued.—M.
After the peace of Paris, in 1763, the trade of New London revived, and
the Gazette was printed on the 3d Nov. (Hist. New Lond., ed. 1860, p. 478).
The size was considerably increased, the print arranged in three columns,
and the price 3s. per annum. It changed owners often, the last Green
surrendering it in 1841, and in 1844 it was discontinued, after an existence
of more then 80 years. See Caulkins's Hist. New London, ed. 1860, p.
654–5.—M.
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