1783-1815: Communications
1783-1815: Chapter Four: Communications
by ROBERT J. ALLISON and JOHN O’KEEFE
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 108
OVERVIEW 115
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
Chapbooks 117
Constitutional Debate 119
French Traveler 123
Boston to New York in Three and One-Half Days 123
Magazines 125
The Prospect Before Us 128
Newspapers 130
Letters and Newspapers Transmitted by the Postal System 133
The Post Office 134
The Expansion of the Postal Network 134
Post Roads 136
Sedition Act 136
Freedom of Speech 137
Sunday Mail 139
HEADLINE MAKERS
James Thomson Callender 141
Mathew Carey 143
John Fenno 144
Philip Freneau 144
Joseph Habersham 145
Isaiah Thomas 146
PUBLICATIONS 147
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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