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September 25 in History

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September 25, 1690

The Four-Day American Newspaper

The suppression of Publick Occurrences on September 25, 1690

Why did colonial authorities panic so violently over three pages of local news that they ordered every copy rounded up and burned? The sudden suppression of America's first newspaper reveals the intense fear that uncensored domestic truth caused in an insecure wartime government.

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