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Editorial
April 17, 1799
The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
The editor announces his appointment as printer of U.S. laws for the state, explains a new method of publishing laws in half-sheets of the newspaper for easy preservation as pamphlets, based on the Secretary of State's guidance, and commits to supplements for significant news to maintain the Providence Journal's purpose.
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THE Editor of this paper being appointed printer of the laws of the United States, for this state. hopes the form in which they are done, will meet the approbation of his patrons, and prove an inducement for a handsome addition to his present number.
The following extract of a letter to the Editor from the Secretary of State, will sufficiently explain his motive in adopting this mode of publishing the laws :
" To render the publication in the news-papers more useful, by providing for the preservation of the laws, in a convenient form, I have determined on the mode which the enclosed paper exhibits. By devoting one half sheet weekly to the publication of the laws, disposed in octavo pages, each of your subscribers will, with the current news, receive a complete copy of the laws of the United States, in a form to be folded in a pamphlet, unmixed with any other matter, by their separating the half sheets of the laws from the other half sheets of your news-papers."
To preserve the original intention of the Providence Journal. by making it a " useful and entertaining compendium of news, politics and literature," a supplement will be given whenever a press of interesting intelligence shall seem to require it.
The following extract of a letter to the Editor from the Secretary of State, will sufficiently explain his motive in adopting this mode of publishing the laws :
" To render the publication in the news-papers more useful, by providing for the preservation of the laws, in a convenient form, I have determined on the mode which the enclosed paper exhibits. By devoting one half sheet weekly to the publication of the laws, disposed in octavo pages, each of your subscribers will, with the current news, receive a complete copy of the laws of the United States, in a form to be folded in a pamphlet, unmixed with any other matter, by their separating the half sheets of the laws from the other half sheets of your news-papers."
To preserve the original intention of the Providence Journal. by making it a " useful and entertaining compendium of news, politics and literature," a supplement will be given whenever a press of interesting intelligence shall seem to require it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Official Notice
Publishing Methods
What keywords are associated?
Printer Appointment
Laws Publication
Secretary Of State
Half Sheets
Providence Journal
What entities or persons were involved?
Editor Of This Paper
Secretary Of State
Providence Journal
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Appointment As Printer Of U.S. Laws And Publication Method
Stance / Tone
Informative Announcement Seeking Approval
Key Figures
Editor Of This Paper
Secretary Of State
Providence Journal
Key Arguments
New Method Uses Half Sheets For Laws To Allow Separation And Folding Into Pamphlets
Aims To Make Publication More Useful And Preserve Laws Conveniently
Supplements Will Be Added For Important News