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Published by America's first newspaper man!

Item # 120451

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January 01, 1679
THE PROTESTANT (DOMESTICK) INTELLIGENCE, OR NEWS BOTH FROM CITY AND COUNTRY, London, 1679 (only 2 remain within our inventory).  Here is a rare opportunity to purchase a newspaper by Benjamin Harris. Harris was the first newspaper publisher in the colonies, having published PUBLIC OCCURRENCES BOTH FOREIGN & DOMESTICK in Boston in 1690. It lasted for only one issue. Before emigrating to the colonies, he published this newspaper in London, but he was eventually put in jail and upon release headed for the colonies. A fine opportunity for a Harris imprint (his name appears at the bottom of the back page). Nice condition, with wide margins. Measures about 8 by 12 inches.