The Bermuda Gazette
TypeWeekly newspaper[1]
PublisherJoseph Stockdale[1]
EditorJoseph Stockdale
Founded1784[1]
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSt. George's, Bermuda[1]

The Bermuda Gazette was a Bermudian English-language weekly newspaper. Published from 1784 to 1803 by Joseph Stockdale (and by his three daughters from 1803 to 1816),[2][3] it was Bermuda's first newspaper.[1][2] In 1782, the Bermudian Legislature arranged for a printing press, and brought Stockdale from England to run it.[3]

Commemoration

Joseph Stockdale and the newspaper were honoured on Bermuda stamps in 1984 on the 200th anniversary of Bermuda's postal service and newspaper.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Bermuda gazette". United States Library of Congress. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b Stark, James Henry (1897). Stark's Illustrated Bermuda Guide: A Description of Everything on Or about These Places of which the Visitor Or Resident May Desire Information, Including Their History, Inhabitants, Climate, Agriculture, Geology, Government and Resources. Bermuda Island (Bermuda Islands): J.H.Stark. p. 250.
  3. ^ a b c Rigby, Neil. "1984 200th Anniversary of Bermuda's first Newspaper and Postal Service". Retrieved 7 June 2018.


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