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Solomon Southwick (December 25, 1773 – November 18, 1839) was an American newspaper publisher and political figure who was a principal organizer of the Anti-Masonic Party. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Southwick was apprenticed as a baker and trained as a commercial sailor.
Solomon Southwick was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the son of Solomon and Mary Southwick. He entered the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) on May 25, 1754, as a member of its first class, the Class of 1757.
Beginning in December 1776, the British occupation of Newport lasted for nearly three years, and Southwick became a hunted man. He narrowly escaped capture, fleeing the town in an open boat with his wife and child, Solomon Jr., as a party of British regulars arrived on the shoreline.
Solomon Southwick (1731 – December 23, 1797) was a Newport, Rhode Island printer and newspaper publisher. He was a prominent Patriot during the American Revolution, and printed some of the first copies of the Declaration of Independence after its adoption in 1776.
Learn about the life and career of Solomon Southwick, a prominent printer, editor, politician and antimasonic leader in Albany, New York. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 and died in 1839.
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Mar 17, 2002 · Solomon Southwick (1773–1839), journalist and public official, was born in Newport, Rhode Island. The son of a newspaper publisher, he began his own career in this field as an apprentice printer in New York City.
