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associate in the publication of the Baltimore Intel-
ligencer. wrote on March 13, 1799, ,that:

The rapid increase of population in this city,
the extent of its commercial concerns; the
wealth, liberality and spirit of its citizens,
are favorable co-incidents that another daily
paper would meet with ample encouragement.¹²⁷

Accordingly, he announced that the American would be
published "on the first Monday of April next (if the
bay is opened, to procure the printing materials from
Philadelphia)"; the new publication would be "impressed
on an elegant new type; the manufacture of our own
country"; and delivery was promised "to its subscrib-
ers at the City and Point, at sun rise, on the morn-
ing of every week day, at seven dollars per annum. "¹²⁸

In April there was still no printing apparatus.
and it was not until May that the first number was
distributed te the subscribers of the Intelligencer,¹²⁹
as a definitely partisan sheet. It pledged Itself to
"the principles of Republicanism":

The American shall give an energetic, and un-
divided, support to the Federal Constitution,
to the principles which led to the American
revolution, and to that genuine amor patriae,
which by calling into action abilities the
most eminent, the most arduous struggles, and
unremitting perseverance, has thus far preserved
us from a ruinous and destructive war. The
editor is fully aware that he shall lay himself
open to all the hatred, malice, slander and

127 Telegraphe. March 13, 1799.

128 Ibid. March 13, 1799.

129 American. May 14, 1799,