Boston Atlas
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The Boston Atlas (1832–1857) newspaper of Boston, Massachusetts, was published in daily and semi-weekly editions in the mid-19th century.[1] John H. Eastburn established the paper in 1832.[2][3] Editors included Richard Hildreth, Richard Haughton, William Hayden, Thomas M. Brewer, William Schouler, R. Carter.[2] Among the contributors: Joseph Carter Abbott, Benjamin Perley Poore, Samuel F. Tappan. Its office stood at no.18 State Street and later in the Old State House.[4][5] The paper supported the Whig Party.[2] Its Democratic rival, with which it sparred constantly, was The Boston Post.[6] In 1857 the Boston Traveller absorbed The Atlas.[7]
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- ^ Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. About Boston daily Atlas. ([Boston, Mass.]) 1832-1834
- ^ a b c Frederic Hudson (1873), Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 824555, OL 7121308M
- ^ American dictionary of printing and bookmaking, containing a history of these arts in Europe and America, New York: H. Lockwood & co., 1894, OL 23379254M
- ^ Boston Directory ..., Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1836
- ^ The Boston directory for the year 1852. Boston: George Adams. 1852. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ Schouler (1916). "The Whig Party in Massachusetts". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 50.
- ^ King, Moses (1881), King's Hand-book of Boston ...: Profusely Illustrated, Cambridge, Ma: Moses King, p. 267
- ^ a b c d e f Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 2012-03-29
- ^ Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. About Boston traveller. (Boston [Mass.]) 1855-1892
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Boston Daily Atlas, 1832
Daily Atlas office, State Street, ca.1840s
Portrait of a Boston Atlas reader, 1845, by an unidentified artist (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
- 1832 establishments in Massachusetts
- Publications established in 1832
- Newspapers published in Boston
- 1857 disestablishments in Massachusetts
- 19th century in Boston
- Defunct newspapers published in Massachusetts
- Whig newspapers (United States)
- Publications disestablished in 1857