▁meet ▁by ▁s elling ▁hom em ade ▁ch oc ol ates ▁at ▁the ▁post ▁office . ▁ ▁The ▁Maryland ▁Gazette ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁Green , ▁a ▁born ▁trou blem aker , ▁h ated ▁the ▁St amp ▁Act , ▁which ▁among ▁other ▁things ▁directly ▁tax ed ▁his ▁newspaper . ▁Ref using ▁to ▁pay , ▁he ▁published ▁the ▁Gazette ▁with ▁what ▁was ▁then ▁a ▁bl aring ▁head line : ▁" The ▁Maryland ▁Gazette ▁Exp iring : ▁In ▁Un certain ▁Hop es ▁of ▁a ▁Res urre ction ▁to ▁Life ▁Again ." ▁Green ▁wrote ▁that ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁St amp ▁Act , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁" will ▁not ▁any ▁longer ▁be ▁published ." ▁In ▁the ▁bottom ▁right - hand ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁page , ▁where ▁the ▁tax ▁stamp ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁placed , ▁there ▁appeared ▁instead ▁a ▁sk ull ▁and ▁cross b ones . ▁Cal mer ▁heads ▁persu aded ▁Green ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁publishing ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁struggle ▁against ▁ty ran ny , ▁and ▁he ▁later ▁res umed ▁publication ▁under ▁this ▁b anner ▁head line : ▁" An ▁Appar ition ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Maryland ▁Gazette , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁dead , ▁but ▁only ▁sleep eth ." ▁Def enders ▁of ▁this ▁newspaper ' s ▁claim ▁as ▁" the ▁oldest ▁in ▁the ▁nation " ▁say ▁this ▁brief ▁inter ruption ▁of ▁publication ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁business ▁decision ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁political ▁statement ▁by ▁a ▁determined ▁and ▁courage ous ▁publish er . ▁ ▁When ▁Green ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 7 , ▁eight ▁years ▁before ▁his