Talk:Early American publishers and printers

New article
Additional content and sources welcomed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 23:13, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the email. I've reworded the statements in question. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 22:47, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

This is a fascinating and well-written article. However, would it not be more balanced if it also included some material about Loyalist publishers and printers? After all, they too were Early Americans, and they too suffered persecution in some cases for their political views. The article as it stands doesn't even mention the existence of any Loyalist/Tory publishers, but there is plenty of detailed information about their many newspapers easily available online, which could be used to further enhance this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.89.9 (talk) 23:54, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Well, it says in the lede that the focus of the article involves printers and how their criticisms of the crown, and about taxes, etc, helped set the tone for revolution. The article also mentions printers who simply wanted freedom of the press, and from religious persecution, long before any ideas of revolution began to take hold. However, I've no objections of mentioning Loyalist printers and will look to the sources to see in what proportion coverage is given to them. There was much debate, often published in newspapers, about whether to pursue independence. It was those printers and publishers who criticized the crown who were often prosecuted for sedition, not Loyalists. There was a proposal to make the Massachusetts Spy a Loyalist paper, but it went nowhere. If you know of any printers and/or newspapers who were noted as Loyalist, could you refer them, and any sources that cover them, to us? Again, I'd be more than happy to mention them in the course of the overall narrative. Sincere thanks for taking an interest. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 01:15, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * More coverage of Loyalist printers and newspapers during the revolution era has been added. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 22:49, 19 October 2021 (UTC)