Hannah Bunce Watson Hudson (28 December 1749 – 27 September 1807)[1] was a newspaper publisher from the U.S. state of Connecticut, whose printed output supported the American Revolutionary War.
[1] In December, 1777, before George Washington had become the first President of the United States, and while Jonathan Trumbull was Governor of Connecticut, the newspapers in Boston, Massachusetts that supported the Revolution had been shut down by the British, and in New York City only pro-British Tory papers were being published.
His widow, Hannah Bunce Watson, already caring for five children under the age of 7 and with little printing training, took on the additional burden of publishing the Courant.
[4] In January 1778, Tory supporters set fire to the mill that provided paper to the Courant, and Watson and Goodwin announced its imminent closure.
"[1] Within a day, the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the establishment of a state lottery to support the rebuilding of the mill, and the Courant maintained publication without interruption.