on the other side, most of the printers shut down and only margaret draper and her journeyman, john howe, kept the boston newsletter running x. the pages are getting smaller, and the type is not quite so good, and, um, it's becoming irregular, but they did their best. is so both sides were trying to support their side of the war. they were part of the overall political effort of the conflict. >> and an interesting observation that i made in the production of this book was that the quality of the american newspapers kind of deteriorates, the quality of the paper that the newspapers were printed on tends to deteriorate or seems of significantly less quality in the middle of the war. and so if you flip through the book and you look just at the american newspapers, you can see in 1777 through about 1780 the quality of the paper is less than you would find before the war starts and at the end of the war. but to your point about the fast be ship, another interesting tidbit that i read in a 1766 london chronicle was the, it's the issue in which they announce the repeal of the stamp act. and one

that was being kept afloat by margaret draper, who is the widow of the previous printer.spinnaker benjamin franklin and printers he trained with a stick over the price. in fact, women remained fairly dominant in typesetting in one of the field still open to women throughout the 19th century. >> one of the things i always observe is that when we read his reap prior to our lives, we always do so with knowledge of what occurred if the work took place, et cetera. if he talked to some some of the alive during world war ii, before pearl harbor we didn't know if the united states would enter or not. so you can be speaking with an older person perspective that she wouldn't have on your own. for what your saying about the newspapers, these newspapers wouldn't have this sort of did, but it is curious out for the lead article is about the battles, cider, that insular articles in the current town meeting events, et cetera, how this may eliminate your understanding of event we read about in history today. >> that's actually my favorite assignments to have students find a newspaper for

boston newspaper which was the only newspaper that keeps going inside boston during the -- by margaret draper who was the widow of the previous printer. >> and ben franklin he trained a number of widows. women remain fairly dominant in typesetting. it was still open to women throughout the 19th century. >> one of the things -- if we read history prior to our lives we do so with knowledge of what occurred. the war took place andth. if you talk to someone who was alive during world world war ii we didn't know if united would enter or not. you can by speaking with an older person get a perspective you wouldn't have on your own. paib what you're saying about the newspaper they wouldn't have that sort of perspective. i was curious not from the lead article about the battle, et. cetera but from the ancillary article maybe what was happening in a town with the current town meeting events were, et how they might illuminate your understanding of the events we read about in history today. >> one of my favorite assignment is find a newspaper and read through it. it's usually not the front page article b