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NEW YORK WEEKLY JOURNAL

The New York Weekly Journal was the second newspaper issued in the colony of New York. It was considered a prototype of the modern American political journal. John Peter Zenger established the paper in New York City in 1733, the first issue appearing on November the 3rd. It was founded avowedly for the purpose of opposing the administration of Governor Cosby. The columns were filled with sharp criticisms and poetical fusillades, contributed by opponents of the Government. Its publication was suspended in 1752, but revived by John Holt in 1766, with new types and printing apparatus.
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