Bradford, Andrew, 1686-1742. Colonial Society of Pennsylvania. text [Philadelphia, Printed by Andrew Bradford, 1719- eng "The American weekly mercury ... was the first newspaper published in the middle colonies and the fourth in order of time published in America ... The first number ... was issued at Philadelphia on December 22d, 1719, by Andrew Bradford, the founder of the 'newspaper' in the middle colonies." --Pref., v. 1. PREMARC/SERLOC merged record