Benjamin Edes
Journalist, Agitator, John Gill (printer), Boston Gazette, Boston Tea Party, American Revolutionary War
Published on 24. May 2026
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Paperback/Softback
76 pages
978-613-8-33022-6 (ISBN)
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles
available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Benjamin Edes
(October 14, 1732 - December 11, 1803) was a journalist and political
agitator. He is best known, along with John Gill, as the publisher of
the Boston Gazette, a newspaper which sparked and financed the Boston
Tea Party and was influential during the Revolutionary War. He was born
on October 14, 1732 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was one of seven
children of Peter Edes and Esther Hall.