. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . 802. Early in life he acquired wealth inLondon as a bookseller, which he lost at Newmar-ket, and, sailing to this country in 1760, resumedhis occupation in Hanover square, New York, inSeptember. He removed to Philadelphia in Janu- 268 RIVINGTON ROACH. ary, 1761. In 1773 he published at his ever openand uninfluenced press the first number of anewspaper entitled The New York Gazetteer;or the Connecticut. New Jersey, Hudsons River,and Quebec Weekly Advertiser. He advocated the measures oftheBritishgovern-ment with greatzeal, and attackedthe patriot
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . 802. Early in life he acquired wealth inLondon as a bookseller, which he lost at Newmar-ket, and, sailing to this country in 1760, resumedhis occupation in Hanover square, New York, inSeptember. He removed to Philadelphia in Janu- 268 RIVINGTON ROACH. ary, 1761. In 1773 he published at his ever openand uninfluenced press the first number of anewspaper entitled The New York Gazetteer;or the Connecticut. New Jersey, Hudsons River,and Quebec Weekly Advertiser. He advocated the measures oftheBritishgovern-ment with greatzeal, and attackedthe patriots so se-verely that in 1775the Whigs of New-port resolved tohold no communi-cation with consequence ofhis repeated at-tacks upon theSons of Liberty,and especially(apt. Isaac Scars,that officer eameto New York fromConnecticut withseventy-five horse-men, and, enter-ing Rivingtonsoffice, destroyed his press and converted the typesinto bullets. Rivingtons conduct was examined bythe Provincial congress, which referred the case tothe Continental congress, and while the latter wasconsidering it the publisher wrote a remonstrance,declaring that however wrong and mistaken hemay have been in his opinions, he has always meanthonestly and openly to do his duty as a servant ofthe public. He then m
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