It was published weekly by John Bushell, who had been carrying out a project that had been initiated by his partner Bartholomew Green, Jr.
The first issue of the Halifax Gazette contained an article about the demise of John Goreham, a military officer and businessman who died in London of smallpox.
[1] The Halifax Gazette dealt with tough competition from Boston and New York newspapers for breaking news.
The Gazette is managed by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations in the Nova Scotia Department of Justice.
The only remaining copy of the first issue of Halifax Gazette was long owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.