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First Daily U.S. Newspaper — The Pennsylvania Evening Post

First Daily U.S. Newspaper — The Pennsylvania Evening Post

  Tuesday, May 30 — The nation’s first daily newspaper, the short-lived Pennsylvania Evening Post, began publication on this date in 1783, printed by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia. Americans’ hunger for news was such that by 1850, there were some 250 […]

by · May 30, 2017 · History, Profile America

Profile America: The Daily Newspaper

The nation’s first daily newspaper, the short-lived Pennsylvania Evening Post, began publication this month in 1783, printed by Benjamin Towne in Philadelphia.

by · May 10, 2016 · Profile America