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Anthony Haswell was the editor and publisher of the Vermont Gazette in Bennington and was uncompromising in defense of freedom of the press. In 1800 he was imprisoned for opposition to the Alien and Sedition Laws as threats to the newborn democracy. The site was also the location of the first printing press of the Vermont Gazette.
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Old Bennington, Vermont · United States
