CHAPTER 2: Newspapers, Books, and Magazines.

The chapter provides information on the evolution of newspapers in American colonies, from Chapter 2 of the book "Everyday Life: Communication, 1999." The first newspaper did not appear until 1690. That paper, "Publick Occurrences," lasted all of one issue. In 1704, the first regularly scheduled newspaper in the colonies was the "Boston News Letter." By 1715 New England had six weekly newspapers, and by 1760 every colony except Delaware and New Jersey could boast of at least one.