Campbell, John, 1653–1728, American editor, b. Scotland. After
emigrating to Boston, he was postmaster of the city from 1702 to
1718 and wrote newsletters for regular patrons. In 1704 he
started printing these newsletters as a weekly half sheet,
devoted mostly to foreign news, entitled the Boston News-Letter.
Sold to Bartholomew Green in 1722, it was the first successfully
established paper to appear in colonial America. The Columbia
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