The October 7th, 1776 issue of the Connecticut Courant, now better known as the Hartford Courant, had both an appealing and hard to look at appearance and the layout of the newspaper was a bit disorganized. The newspaper had no particular order and it was difficult to differentiate the stories. A particular article that was a bit simpler to tell apart was the one titled WILLIAMSBURG, dated September 13 on page two of the newspaper. The article is about a general who plans to break up Florida and a bit of the context of the tension that is going on between Spain and Great Britain during that time. The format the article is written provides the most important information towards the middle of the article and one very important information in their last sentence, similar to the disorganization that does occur in the newspaper.
The article is a story of General Leo, who writes on August 15th how he plans to break up Batt Florida. It speaks on how a vessel (the 's' is written as if it were a 'f') has arrived in Hampton with salt and rum. Then arrives a French ships and informs …show more content…
Watson. What catches the attention of the reader right away in looking at it at first glance is its stamp, or the little picture it has on its front page. It adds a sort of elegance to the paper and really compliments the page well by providing a bit of space from the cluster of writing on the cover page. The clusters of words and the effect of not having a border to separate the article really does not make the newspaper reader friendly. However, what does make this paper interesting to see is how in the last page of the issue, it has really short notices and stories for the readers such as Bees Wax, a notice titled Wanted for The Use of The Army, asking for readers for a quantity of homemade plain cloths, light brown or colours for the
The article is a story of General Leo, who writes on August 15th how he plans to break up Batt Florida. It speaks on how a vessel (the 's' is written as if it were a 'f') has arrived in Hampton with salt and rum. Then arrives a French ships and informs …show more content…
Watson. What catches the attention of the reader right away in looking at it at first glance is its stamp, or the little picture it has on its front page. It adds a sort of elegance to the paper and really compliments the page well by providing a bit of space from the cluster of writing on the cover page. The clusters of words and the effect of not having a border to separate the article really does not make the newspaper reader friendly. However, what does make this paper interesting to see is how in the last page of the issue, it has really short notices and stories for the readers such as Bees Wax, a notice titled Wanted for The Use of The Army, asking for readers for a quantity of homemade plain cloths, light brown or colours for the