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NEWBERN.
The first paper published in the colony was printed at
Newbern, under the title of
The North Carolina Gazette.
With the freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestick.
No. 1 appeared in December, 1755, printed on a sheet of
pot size, folio, but often on half a sheet. It was published
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James Davis, at the Printing-Office in Front-Street; where
all persons may be supplied with this paper at Sixteen
Shillings per Annum: And where Advertisements of a
moderate length are inserted for Three Shillings the first
Week, and Two Shillings for every week after. And
where also Book-Binding is done reasonably."
This paper was published about six years, after which it
was discontinued.
On the 27th of May, 1768, it again appeared, numbered
one, and enlarged to a crown sheet, folio; the imprint,
after the title, was: "Printed by James Davis, at the Post Office
in Newbern." The price of Advertisements, and
the paper per annum, the same as in 1755. It was continued
after the commencement of the war.
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