John Carter family papers Carter (John) 1769-1917 (bulk 1769-1844)

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John Carter family papers Carter (John) 1769-1917 (bulk 1769-1844)

Correspondence and other papers related to Providence printer and newspaper publisher, John Carter (1745 - 1814), and his family.

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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804

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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 – July 12, 1804) was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States. Hamilton was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the Federalist Party, as well as a founder of the nation's financial system, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of the administration of P...

Danforth family

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Carter, Huldah Maria, 1787-1842

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Carter, Amey (Crawford), 1743-1806

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Carter, John, 1745-1814

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John Carter (1745-1814) served as an apprentice to Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and David Hall (1714-1772) in Philadelphia, Pa., until 1768, when he moved to Providence, R.I. He became associated with Sarah Updike Goddard ( -1770) in the publication of the Providence Gazette. In 1769 he became sole editor of the influential newspaper and remained in that position until his retirement in 1814. Carter also served as postmaster of Providence from 1772-1792. From the description of Acco...

Francis, Ann Carter Brown, 1795-1828

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Danforth, Elizabeth Ann (Carter), 1790-1876

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Brown, Nicholas, 1769-1841

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Carter, Benjamin Bowen, 1771-1835

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Carter family

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Printer and journalist John Carter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1745. After an apprenticeship with Benjamin Franklin, Carter moved in 1767 to Providence, Rhode Island, and began work with the Providence Gazette, the weekly newspaper operated by William Goddard with his sister, Mary Katherine Goddard, and their mother, Sarah Goddard. When William Goddard moved to Philadelphia to begin publishing the Philadelphia Chronicle in 1768, Carter purchased the Gazet...

Goddard, Mary Katherine, 1738-1816

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Carter, Crawford, 1782-1868

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Jenckes family

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Danforth, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1787-1861

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Carter, William, 1785-1821

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Carter, James, 1780-ca.1812

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Brown family

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Goddard, William, 1740-1817

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Journalist and printer. From the description of Receipted invoice of William Goddard, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452946 Born in Ireland, Mathew Carey spent most of his professional career in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he worked as a printer, publisher, and economist. From the guide to the Mathew Carey letterbooks, 1788-1794, 1788-1794, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Jenckes, Rebecca (Carter), 1778-1837

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