What publication did Benjamin Franklin buy from his former boss?

On October 2, 1729, Benjamin Franklin and his partner, Hugh Meredith, bought the newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette. It was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728—before the time period of the American Revolution—until 1800. Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette has since been considered by critics and historical experts The New York Times of the 18th century.

This newspaper was first published in 1728 by Samuel Keimer and was the second newspaper to be published in Pennsylvania. Primarily under Franklin it was a publication for classified ads where merchants and individuals listed notices of employment and asked about lost and found goods and items for sale. This newspaper also reprinted foreign news. But, most entries in the paper involved stories of travel throughout America and Europe.

Principally, The Pennsylvania Gazette was an innovative paper. It was the first to print a political cartoon in America, Join or Die, authored by Franklin himself. It ceased publication in 1800, ten years after Franklin's death.

It was later claimed by some newspaper editors that The Pennsylvania Gazette reemerged as the Saturday Evening Post in 1821.