Note 19 — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (continued 3)

When James Franklin was accused of mocking the clergy and unsettling the peace, he was refused license to print the New England Courant. So Benjamin, his apprenticeship indentures cancelled (though new ones were privately signed), became nominal editor. Consult C. A. Duniway, The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts, 97-103; W. G. Bleyer, Main Currents in the History of American Journalism, chaps. I-II.