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From: Eugene Stackhouse <>
Subject: Germans-to-Phila 1st Newspaper in Germantown
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:45:49 -0400

First Newspaper in Germantown:
>From an article in the “Germantown Independent-Gazette”, Friday, August 16, 1912:
August 20, 1739. “
The first newspaper in Germantown was issued, this being “Der Hochdeutsche Pennsilvanien Geschictsschreiber,” or “The High-German Pennsylvania Historical Record.” It came from the press of Christopher Sauer, the pioneer printer. Sauer arrived from Germany in 1724 and later built a house on Germantown avenue opposite Queen lane, where he conducted the business of clock maker, apothecary and book seller. In 1738 he turned printer…” Gene Stackhouse,Historian and Genealogist and Judge of Fine Beer,

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