Zechariah Fowle (1724-1776)[1] was an early American printer and merchant of ballads and small books who worked in Boston.
[2] He was born in Charlestown, near Boston, of respected parents, and served his apprenticeship with his brother Daniel Fowle, who was at that period in partnership with Gamaliel Rogers, a carpenter.
[5] In July, 1770, Isaiah Thomas, in connection with Zechariah Fowle, issued The Massachusetts Spy, named after several of the earlier papers in England, which bore the title of Spye.
[6] Fowle printed little else other than ballads until 1757, when he began an edition of the Psalter, a religious work containing the Book of Psalms, for the local booksellers.
[7] Among some of the noted works Fowle printed was an Almanac The new book of knowledge, published in 1767, authored by Isaiah Thomas.