Public Appearance of Publick Occurrences

Some stories in the first edition scandalized Colonial authorities, including a report that the King of France "used to lie with the sons wife."

The British-controlled authorities, fearing a free press and objecting to the paper’s criticism of the government, ordered the paper shut down.

It would be 14 years until America’s second newspaper, the Boston News-Letter, appeared in 1704. By the end of the 18th century, though, 235 newspapers flourished in the newly formed United States.

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