Richard Draper

Richard Draper (1726–1774) was an early American Boston printer and an editor of ''The Boston News-Letter''. Together with his father and his nephew Draper printed and published ''The News-Letter''. In the years leading up to the American Revolution Draper sided with the Loyalists and the Tory party, and through his newspaper he provided a voice for the Loyalist writers in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Provided by Wikipedia