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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Colonial Newspapers and Magazines: The New England Courant

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how "The New England Courant" came about, and how it was different than other papers.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Electric Ben Franklin: The New England Courant

For Students 9th - 10th
Read all about it! Find copies of The New-England Courant published by James Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's older brother. You can also read about Ben Franklin's contribution to this colonial newspaper.
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PBS

Pbs: Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life: First Silence Dogood Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the first letter Franklin wrote to the "New England Courant," in 1772, under the Silence Dogood pseudonym.