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MARTINICO.

"Gazette de la Martinique," commenced its publication in
December, 1784. It was printed at St. Pierre, by Pierre
Richard, by the permission of government.

At the commencement of the revolution in France,
presses under no control were set up, not only in the
mother country, but in her colonies, from which were issued
public journals of various kinds. The following appeared
at Martinico, viz:

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The Friend of Liberty and the Enemy of Licentiousness,
published by Thounens & Vauchet in 1791.

Gazette National and Political, from the press of J. B.
Thounens, in Saint Pierre, Printer to the People. In
1793, Thounens called himself Printer to the Committee of
Safety, and to the Patriotic Society.

Literary and Political Advertiser of Martinique, printed in
Port Royal by P. Richard & La Cadie. These printers then
published the Gazette de Martinique in Saint Pierre.

In Trinity, on this island, in 1792, appeared a public
journal from the press of X. Y. Z.[1]