The Weekly Rehearsal
The Weekly Rehearsal or The Rehearsal (1731–1735) was a literary newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1730s.[1] Jeremiah Gridley served as editor and publisher (1731-1733);[2] other publishers/printers included John Draper and Thomas Fleet.[3][4] In 1735 it was continued by Thomas Fleet's Boston Evening Post.[5]
See also[]
- The Boston Evening-Post, successor to The Rehearsal[6]
Image gallery[]
Thomas Hancock on Ann Street served as conduit for The Rehearsal's correspondence, 1731
Announcement of newly elected Boston selectmen, 1733
Item about execution of Julian the Indian 1733
Item about public marketplaces in Boston, 1734
Announcement of art sale at John Smibert's house, Queen Street, Boston, 1735
References[]
- ^ "Massachusetts - Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress (Serial and Government Publications Division)". loc.gov.
- ^ Lyon N. Richardson. A History of Early American Magazines, 1741-1789 (New York, 1931. Google books.
- ^ Matthews. 1907
- ^ Notice by Thomas Fleet about change of publishers; cf. Weekly Rehearsal; Date: 04-02-1733
- ^ "Massachusetts - Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress (Serial and Government Publications Division)". loc.gov.
- ^ "Massachusetts - Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress (Serial and Government Publications Division)". loc.gov.
Further reading[]
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- Isaiah Thomas, Benjamin Franklin Thomas. The history of printing in America: with a biography of printers, and an account of newspapers, Volume 1. J. Munsell, printer, 1874.
- Albert Matthews. Check-list of Boston newspapers, 1704-1780. Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1907.
- John K. Reeves. Jeremy Gridley, Editor. New England Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Jun., 1944), pp. 265-281.
- Charles E. Clark. Boston and the Nurturing of Newspapers: Dimensions of the Cradle, 1690-1741. New England Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Jun., 1991).
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