Which U.S. newspaper began publication as the Connecticut Courant in 1764?

The Hartford Courant began publication as the Connecticut Courant in 1764.

The newspaper’s first issue appeared in Hartford, Connecticut, on October 29, 1764. It began as a weekly publication and later became a daily newspaper in 1837. The paper is widely advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.

Its origins predate the American Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the creation of the federal government. As a colonial-era newspaper, it belongs to a period when printed papers were important forums for political argument, commercial notices, and local news.

The Hartford Courant is sometimes confused with the Boston News-Letter, which began in 1704 and is generally identified as the first regularly published newspaper in the American colonies. Those are different distinctions: the Hartford Courant’s notable claim concerns continuous publication in the United States.