Benjamin Edes

Benjamin Edes
A 1786 Newspaper clip with Benjamin Edes name on it.
Born	(1732-10-14)October 14, 1732 Charlestown, Province of Massachusetts, British America
Died	December 11, 1803(1803-12-11) (aged 71) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston
Occupation(s)	editor; agitator
Known for	Boston Gazette newspaper
Spouse	Martha Starr (1729-1806)

Benjamin Edes (October 15, 1732 – December 11, 1803) was an early American printer, publisher, newspaper journalist and a revolutionary advocate before and during the American Revolution. He is best known, along with John Gill, as the publisher of the Boston Gazette, a colonial newspaper which sparked and financed the Boston Tea Party and was influential during the American Revolutionary War.^[1]