GEORGIA'S FIRST NEWSPAPER | The Georgia Gazette, No. 148. Savannah: Printed by James Johnston, Wednesday, July 23, 1766

Property from the Eric C. Caren Collection

GEORGIA'S FIRST NEWSPAPER

The Georgia Gazette, No. 148. Savannah: Printed by James Johnston, Wednesday, July 23, 1766

Folio, 4 pages (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.; 370 x 250 mm, preserving deckle on edges) on a full sheet of laid paper, text in two columns; disbound. The consignor has independently obtained a letter of authenticity from PSA that will accompany the lot.

A significant early issue of Georgia's first newspaper, founded by the colony's first printer. James Johnston, a Scottish immigrant, began the weekly Georgia Gazette in April 1763. During the Stamp Act crisis, he suspended publication from November, 1765, through late May 1766. This is the tenth issue printed after publication resumed and it includes several speeches from the Georgia legislature acknowledging the "magnanimity and generosity of the British Parliament" in repealing the Stamp Act. Issues of the Georgia Gazette are rare on the market.