Benjamin Edes | |
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Born | |
Died | December 11, 1803 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 71)
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]