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A fact from Richard Draper appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 December 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Richard Draper, printer of the The Massachusetts Gazette, used this newspaper as a Loyalist voice as the American Revolution drew near?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Richard Draper.

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New article[edit]

Added content and new sources welcomed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination[edit]

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 01:43, 14 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Richard Draper, printer of the The Massachusetts Gazette, used this newspaper as a Loyalist voice as the American Revolution drew near? Source: - Ritchie, 1997, p. 26
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Morane-Borel military monoplane
- Comment: Statement and source supporting hook can be found in the 3rd paragraph of the Printing career section

Created by Gwillhickers (talk). Self-nominated at 00:09, 20 November 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Length and history verified. I assume the second source, the one I cannot see in the book cited without taking it out virtually, verifies the hook as the other one comes nowhere near doing so. Daniel Case (talk) 03:29, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]