Maryland Gazette – March 17, 1747

In the 1740s, newspaper circulations still averaged only a few hundred subscribers. The Maryland Gazette was originally established in September 1727 and published by William Parks until 1734. The title was revived on January 17, 1745, by Jonas Green, the great-great-great grandson of Bartholomew Green, who printed the Boston News-Letter. The March 17, 1747, issue of the Maryland Gazette (shown above) contains reports of King George’s War, an extension of the War of the Austrian Succession.