tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2464664930958669258..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: From the News Boys of the Massachusetts MercuryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-78862772229441643472013-12-31T10:16:20.506-05:002013-12-31T10:16:20.506-05:00It would take days for a newspaper to travel from ...It would take days for a newspaper to travel from Philadelphia to Boston. But its most biting essays would probably be reprinted locally, amplifying its voice. So a leading partisan newspaper probably functioned more like a national magazine in those days. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-7372048910963331362013-12-31T09:54:01.829-05:002013-12-31T09:54:01.829-05:00It is interesting to see them trash-talking newspa...It is interesting to see them trash-talking newspapers from other cities. How long would it take a Philadelphia or New York paper to reach Bostonians in 1799?<br />Will HickoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com