Brown, Andrew
soldier, journalist, was born in 1744 in Ireland. He fought on the patriot side at Lexington and Bunker Hill, was made general mustering officer in 1777, and served under Gates and Greene, with the rank of major. In 1788 he established the Federal Gazette, the title of which was changed, in 1793, to the Philadelphia Gazette. This was the main channel through which the friends of the federal constitution addressed the public, and it was the first journal to publish regular reports of the debates in congress. He died Feb. 4, 1797, in Philadelphia, Pa.