Its Federalist sponsors, chiefly Alexander Hamilton, granted it substantial funding; because some of it was directly from the government, the Gazette is considered to have been semi-official.

[3] As a supporter of the new Constitution,[5] he envisioned a national, authoritative newspaper that would promote the new administration in order to unify the new country.

[6] Fenno's vision attracted Federalists as sponsors such as Christopher Gore,[5] Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton,[7] and Senator Rufus King.

[9] Aside from his political goal, Fenno also founded the Gazette as a promising commercial opportunity, expecting to retire wealthy in ten years.

While his sponsors had sent him to the capital with substantial funding,[5] Fenno initially struggled to start printing the Gazette.

No printer in New York would agree to a subcontract, and Fenno had to hire former colleague John Russell to print the paper.

[8] On April 15, 1789, the Gazette of the United States finally started printing as a semiweekly[citation needed] newspaper,[11] just in time for President Washington's inauguration later the same month.

[13] The business could not make up its own operating costs[14] or support Fenno's family,[13] not to mention the loans it needed to begin.

[18] Even after the grants, Fenno's debt continued to grow until 1793,[14] when he stopped the publication of the Gazette on September 18, 1793,[2] amid the yellow fever epidemic.

[21] Joseph Dennie was an editorial assistant[22] and produced, to Frank Luther Mott, a "strong literary flavor".

[23] Thenceforth, the Gazette passed under several managers and editors[3] until its last issue was printed on March 7, 1818, when it merged with the True American.

[26] The Gazette supported the political philosophy of the Federalist Party in an era with intense partisan conflict.

[31] Despite the Gazette's effusive praise of Washington, he hardly ever commented about the friendly newspaper and even criticized Fenno once for partisan reporting.

[13] He did not consider himself a partisan editor[27] or political figure,[7] but rather a defender of legitimate authority in the national interest.

[33] Democratic-Republicans, who opposed Hamilton's fiscal policy, objected to the increasing partisanship of the Gazette of the United States.

[35] In the words of Thomas Jefferson, Fenno's Gazette was "a paper of pure Toryism, disseminating the doctrines of monarchy, aristocracy, and the exclusion of the influence of the people.

[45] By publicizing Hamilton and Jefferson's rivalry, the two papers further worsened the two statesmen's relationship,[46] while the intense partisan debate alienated readers.

[50] The National Gazette's last issue was printed on October 26, 1793, during the Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic, outlived by its rival.

[50] On November 8, 1794, the Philadelphia Aurora, edited by Benjamin Franklin Bache, started printing,[53] taking the place of the Gazette of the United States's rival.