Attempts at separation


Falmouth Gazette, 1785

Falmouth Gazette, 1785
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Maine Historical Society

Benjamin Titcomb was the publisher of Maine's first newspaper, The Falmouth Gazette. He established the newspaper to promote separation from Massachusetts. This edition features a “separationist call to meeting” on September 17, 1785.

The image is the front page of the first edition of the paper.

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