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service, and since the war has been a prominent lawyer in New York and a member of the State Supreme Court. ‘¢ Publick Occurrences, both Foreign and Do me stick,’’ the first newspaper published in America, though it can hardly be called a newspaper, as no second number appeared. It was i ued at Boston in 1690 by Benjamin Harris and printed by Richard Pierce. A year earlier there had been published at Boston, by Samuel Green, extracts from a letter of Dr. Increase Mather, who was then endeavoring to secure a new charter for Ma achusetts. Publick Occurrences, four days after its appearance, was spoken of in the General Court of Ma achusetts as a pamphlet published ‘‘ contrary to law and containing reflections of a very high nature.’’ It was accordingly suppre ed, though the contents were innocent enough, and the court forbade ‘‘ anything in print without license obtained from those appointed by the Government to grant the same.’’ Publick Occurrences was printed on three pages of a folded sheet, one page being blank, two columns to a page, 7x11. It was designed for a monthly i ue.