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Editorial
January 24, 1794
Gazette Of The United States & Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editor addresses Southern subscribers' complaints about delayed Gazette delivery due to Post Office rules, enforces subscription terms, urges payment of outstanding debts from prior half-weekly paper amid high costs of daily publication, notes rising subscriptions over 500 daily, and solicits advertising support.
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Complaints having been made that the Southern subscribers for this Gazette do not receive it, till the intelligence has been anticipated by papers previously received by other persons; they are informed that the regulations at the Post Office in this city require that Printers should deposit their papers there, the day preceding the departure of the mail; this circumstance gives opportunity to forward by an earlier Franking, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Evenings' papers, and the papers of Monday, Wednesday and Saturday mornings, on post days.
Persons at a distance who wish to receive this Gazette, are informed that the terms of subscription cannot be dispensed with. One half of the subscription money, for the half-weekly paper lately printed and circulated by the Editor to all parts of the Union, is yet due, either from the subscribers, or collectors—and as the publication of a daily paper is attended with a heavy expense—however solicitous the Printer may be to disseminate intelligence, it will appear, that persisting in his former plan of sending his Gazette to every person who writes for it, without securing the subscriptions will prove ruinous in the extreme.
The Editor most earnestly requests those who are indebted for his late publication, to make immediate payment—particularly those who have received the arrearages from subscribers.—Some will recollect that repeated assurances on this point, have not been realized.
The Subscriptions for this Paper are rapidly increasing. Upwards of Five Hundred are struck off daily. Advertising favors from the friends and patrons of the Publication, are respectfully solicited.
Persons at a distance who wish to receive this Gazette, are informed that the terms of subscription cannot be dispensed with. One half of the subscription money, for the half-weekly paper lately printed and circulated by the Editor to all parts of the Union, is yet due, either from the subscribers, or collectors—and as the publication of a daily paper is attended with a heavy expense—however solicitous the Printer may be to disseminate intelligence, it will appear, that persisting in his former plan of sending his Gazette to every person who writes for it, without securing the subscriptions will prove ruinous in the extreme.
The Editor most earnestly requests those who are indebted for his late publication, to make immediate payment—particularly those who have received the arrearages from subscribers.—Some will recollect that repeated assurances on this point, have not been realized.
The Subscriptions for this Paper are rapidly increasing. Upwards of Five Hundred are struck off daily. Advertising favors from the friends and patrons of the Publication, are respectfully solicited.
What sub-type of article is it?
Press Freedom
What keywords are associated?
Gazette Delivery
Post Office Regulations
Subscriptions
Payments Due
Half Weekly Paper
Daily Publication Expense
Advertising Solicitation
What entities or persons were involved?
Southern Subscribers
Post Office
Editor
Printer
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Delivery Complaints And Subscription Payment Appeals
Stance / Tone
Earnest Request For Payments And Support
Key Figures
Southern Subscribers
Post Office
Editor
Printer
Key Arguments
Post Office Regulations Require Printers To Deposit Papers The Day Preceding Mail Departure
This Allows Earlier Forwarding Of Certain Papers On Post Days
Subscription Terms Cannot Be Dispensed With For Distant Persons
Half Of Subscription Money For The Prior Half Weekly Paper Remains Due From Subscribers Or Collectors
Publication Of Daily Paper Incurs Heavy Expense
Sending Gazette Without Secured Subscriptions Would Be Ruinous
Editor Requests Immediate Payment From Those Indebted, Especially Collectors Of Arrearages
Repeated Assurances Of Payment Have Not Been Realized
Subscriptions Are Rapidly Increasing With Over Five Hundred Struck Off Daily
Advertising Favors Are Solicited From Friends And Patrons