About: James Parker (publisher)

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James Parker (1714 – July 2, 1770) was a colonial American printer, publisher, and postmaster. He published a wide variety of materials, including newspapers, government documents, magazines, and almanacs. He was a journalist in the provinces of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut and owned several printing businesses in his lifetime. Parker worked closely with Benjamin Franklin in the printing trade, and Franklin even financed some of Parker's businesses as a silent partner.

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  • James Parker (1714 – July 2, 1770) was a colonial American printer, publisher, and postmaster. He published a wide variety of materials, including newspapers, government documents, magazines, and almanacs. He was a journalist in the provinces of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut and owned several printing businesses in his lifetime. Parker worked closely with Benjamin Franklin in the printing trade, and Franklin even financed some of Parker's businesses as a silent partner. Parker was considered a better printer than William Bradford or Benjamin Franklin in the American Thirteen Colonies at the time. He established the first newspaper in the province of Connecticut and founded the first newspaper in New Jersey. He set up the first permanent print shop in province of New Jersey and was a printer for Yale College. Parker also was the general manager of the first public library organized in New York City. (en)
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  • James Parker tombstone (en)
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  • Samuel Franklin (en)
  • Jane Ballareau (en)
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  • Burlington, Province of New Jersey (en)
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  • Publisher in colonial America (en)
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  • James Parker (en)
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  • Printer; Benjamin Franklin's Apprentice (en)
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  • Samuel Parker (en)
  • Jana Inglis (en)
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  • William Paschal ; Samuel Parker Jr, John Parker, Elisha Parker (en)
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  • Mary Ballareau (en)
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  • James Parker (1714 – July 2, 1770) was a colonial American printer, publisher, and postmaster. He published a wide variety of materials, including newspapers, government documents, magazines, and almanacs. He was a journalist in the provinces of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut and owned several printing businesses in his lifetime. Parker worked closely with Benjamin Franklin in the printing trade, and Franklin even financed some of Parker's businesses as a silent partner. (en)
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