Which political party's newspaper did Noah Webster edit in New York City?
The Federalist Party
The Whig Party
The Democratic-Republican Party
The Democratic Party
Answer
Noah Webster was an American lexicographer, encyclopedist, and author. He is best known as the compiler of An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), which was the first dictionary of American English. Webster was also a political journalist, and he edited the New York City newspaper The Federalist during the 1790s.
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