Daily Hampshire Gazette Marks 225 Years

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By: Suzanne Wilson | gazettenet.com

NORTHAMPTON — Two hundred and twenty-five years ago today, on Sept. 6, 1786, a 22-year-old named William Butler cranked up a printing press in Northampton and let it run.

Under a masthead that read "The Hampshire Gazette" and directly below a headline that said "To the Public," Butler - the first editor of the newspaper you hold in your hands today and, by extension, of GazetteNET.com - addressed his readers.































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