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A History Of Newspapers In The District Of Maine, 1785-1820, Frederick Gardiner Fassett Jr.
A History Of Newspapers In The District Of Maine, 1785-1820, Frederick Gardiner Fassett Jr.
Maine Bicentennial
Post-Revolutionary Maine: The history of newspapers in the District of Maine, from 1785 to 1820, falls into three divisions, centering respectively about the activities of Thomas Baker Wait, Peter Edes, and Nathaniel Willis, Jr. These men and the newspapers with which they were identified are the dominant agents in a somewhat chaotic development; a host of lesser men and lesser papers support them. Wait, because he was prime mover in the first paper, because he trained several younger men, because he was an energetic and progressive publisher, and because in partnership with his protege John Kelse Baker he led …