Thomas Fleet

Thomas Fleet (September 8, 1685 – July 21, 1758) was an English printer who came to the British colonies in America and established himself as a printer and publisher in Boston. His decision to come to the colonies was prompted by people seeking retribution for what was considered his public display of disrespect for a popular member of the English clergy. Fleet produced works for various booksellers, printed pamphlets, ballads, children's stories and later established the ''Boston Evening Post''. In his earlier years fleet compiled his own version of ''Mother Goose'' from stories told by his mother-in-law, Elizabeth Vergoose, to his children. When he published various controversial accounts about the colonial government and the clergy he was admonished, threatened with prosecution and subsequently became one of the first American printers to challenge royal authority and defend the idea of Freedom of the Press. Through his newspaper Fleet played an active role in the Christian revivalist controversy that occurred in the colonies during the early eighteenth century. Provided by Wikipedia

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Published 1774
Philadelphia: printed. Boston: re-printed by Edes and Gill, in Queen Street, and T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill
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Published 1774
Printed by T. and J. Fleet, at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill
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Published 1772
Re-printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Heart & Crown in Cornhill
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Published 1715
Printed by T. Fleet and T. Crump, for Daniel Henchman, near the town-house
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by Paine, Thomas
Published 1792
London, printed 1792. United States of America. Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Boston
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