James Rivington (1724-1802) was a New York City publisher, bookseller and tobacconist at 1 Queen Street, now Pearl Street. He was the son of Charles Rivington, who founded a publishing house in London in 1711. Rivington began publishing the <I>New York Gazetteer</I> in 1773, but his press was destroyed by Liberty Boys in 1775. He resumed the publication as the <I>Royal Gazetteer</I> in 1777 and remained in New York during the American Revolution as a Tory, despite rumors that he provided secret information to Washington. In 1783, he discontinued the publication and worked as a bookseller and tobacconist.