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plant with a view to establishing the former's nephew, Benja- min Mecom, in business at New Haven. The material arrived in the fall of 1754, but Mecom changed his plans and Parker was secured to take up the work. Associated with Parker in The Connecticut Gazette was John Holt, who had the title of editor and was a junior partner of the firm of James Parker & Com- pany. In 1764 The Gazette was suspended for a short time, but was afterwards revived by Benjamin Mecom on July 5, 1765. In an editorial announcement Mecom added the following statement about subscriptions: "All kinds of Provisions, Fire Wood and other suitable country Produce will be taken as pay of those who cannot spare money, if delivered at the Printer's Dwelling House, or at any other place which may accidentally suit him."

On August 8, 1758, Timothy Green the second brought out The New London Summary, or the Weekly Advertiser, at New Lon- don. Green died on the 3d of August, 1763, and the paper was suspended for three weeks. Afterward it was revived by Tim- othy Green, the third printer of that name in New London, under the title, The New London Gazette.

More important than either of these two Connecticut papers was The Connecticut Courant, first printed by Thomas Green at the Heart and Crown, near the North Meeting-House in Hart- ford, on Monday, October 29, 1764. This first issue was prospec- tus, having the number of 00. The first regular issue, however, was on December 3, 1764. During the War of the Revolution The Connecticut Courant occupied a rather important place in the journalism of the time. The British troops who took pos- session of New York had driven from that city all the patriotic printers, with the result that the circulation of The Courant was greatly increased, so much so that in all probability it was greater than that of any other colonial newspaper then printed. The paper has continued down to the present time and now bears the title of The Hartford Courant.

On October 23, 1767, Thomas and Samuel Green brought out in New Haven the first number of The Connecticut Journal and New Haven Post-Boy. After passing into the hands of many publishers the paper was discontinued on April 7, 1835. On July 3, 1776, The Connecticut Journal published the following