Anthony Haswell (1756-1816) was a printer, patriot, and ballad writer. Born in England, he came to America in 1770. In 1773, he was apprenticed to Isaiah Thomas and was later publisher of the Massachusetts Spy. In 1783, he moved to Bennington, Vt., where he published the Vermont Gazette. As a youth he belonged to the Sons of Liberty. It was at this time that Haswell's ballads and rhymes gained him notoriety. He is said to have been present at the Boston Massacre, active in the Boston Tea Party, and a soldier in the American Revolution. Anthony Haswell had seventeen children. One of his sons was Nathan Baldwin Haswell (1786- ), born in Vermont and a representative of Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives.
From the description of Papers, 1796-1843. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207142632
