XJS:5-2 THE CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL STATE PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES SERIES, The Journal of including The Journal of the Executive Proceedings JOHN ADAMS ADMINISTRATION 1797-1801 Volume 2: FIFTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION; NOVEMBER, 1797-JULY, 1798 MICHAEL GLAZIER, INC. Every effort has been made to locate the best preserved and most Printed in the United States of America. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME 2 For the complete list of and biographical notes on the members of the Senate, together with the Executive and Judicial officers, for the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, please refer to Volume 1 The original pagination of the Legislative JOHN FENNO Printer of the original edition of this volume John Fenno was born in Boston on August 12, 1751. After his failure as an importer at the close of the Revolution, he fled to New York to avoid his creditors. He became acquainted with some Federalists, and when he started the Gazette of the United States on April 11, 1789, he had their backing and the paper served them well. Fenno moved his Gazette to Philadelphia in April, 1790. Even though its circulation never topped 1400 copies, a quarter of which were distributed gratis, he was supported by Hamilton, who became a regular contributor. He attracted the wrath of Jefferson and Benjamin Bache's Aurora and the National Gazette of Philip Freneau. Hamilton used Fenno and his Gazette for his own purposes and saved it from bankruptcy in 1793. On December 13 of the same year Fenno began the publication of an evening paper and the title was changed to the Gazette of the United States and Evening Advertiser. John Fenno was a talented editor and was regarded as a competent printer, who took pride in doing work for Congress. He, like his competitors, sought and received government printing through his political connections. John Fenno died in Philadelphia, during a yellow fever epidemic, on September 14, 1798. His nineteenyear old son, John Ward Fenno, succeeded him as printer and as editor of the Gazette, which he sold in 1800. |