RUSSELL, BENJAMIN
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(1761-1845), of Massachusetts, founded the Columbian Centinel, a Federalist organ of great influence, which he edited till 1828. He published the Boston Gazette from 1795 to 1830. He originated the phrase "era of good feeling," and the word "gerrymander."
By John Franklin Jameson
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Platidiam
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