Title
The Bee
Coverage
Philadelphia
Publisher
William Honeycomb [Anthony Armbruster]
Date
February 12, 1765
Subject
Volume 1, number 1
Description
The first periodical in the American colonies devoted to essays of political satire. It was published for just three issues between February 12 and March 7, 1765, by Anthony Armbruster under the pseudonym William Honeycomb before being suppressed after inciting the wrath of the colonial governors and Quaker parsons who were the targets of its “lively stinging.”