The Boston News-Letter, first published on April 24th, 1704, is collectively known as the first continuously published newspaper in the entire colony of Massachusetts. It was turned down by the British government. All of the copies had to be approved by the Royal governor before publication. The colonies’ first newspaper was named Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick.
They published its first issue on September 25th, 1690. Then, in 1726, the Boston Gazette began publishing newspapers. The News-Letter’s first editor was John Campbell who was a bookseller and postmaster of Boston. He had been actively writing and sending "newsletters" to New England governors for over a year to start.
The Early Newsletter was filled with news from London journals describing details of European wars. In 1707, John Allen took care of printing the paper. In 1722, the editorship passed to Green, who focused more on domestic events. After his death in 1732, his son-in-law, John Draper, took over. He enlarged the paper to four pages and filled it with news from throughout the colonies. Richard passed away in 1774, and his widow, Margaret Green Draper, published the News-Letter for the rest of its existence.
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