Boston Atlas

The Atlas, Boston, 1838

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][6] The paper supported the Whig Party.[2] Its Democratic rival, with which it sparred constantly, was The Boston Post.[7] In 1857 the Boston Traveller absorbed The Atlas.[8]

Variant titles

Daily edition
  • Boston Daily Atlas, 1832-1834, 1844-1857[9]
  • The Daily Atlas, 1834-1837[9]
  • The Atlas, 1837-1840[9]
Semiweekly
  • Boston Atlas, 1833-1834[9]
  • The Atlas, 1834-1840[9]
  • The Semi-Weekly Atlas, 1841-1844[9]
  • The Boston Semi-Weekly Atlas, 1844-1857[10]

References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. About Boston daily Atlas. ([Boston, Mass.]) 1832-1834
  2. ^ a b c Frederic Hudson (1873), Journalism in the United States, from 1690-1872, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 824555, OL 7121308M
  3. ^ American dictionary of printing and bookmaking, containing a history of these arts in Europe and America, New York: H. Lockwood & co., 1894, OL 23379254M
  4. ^ Boston Directory ..., Boston: Charles Stimpson, Jr., 1836
  5. ^ The Boston directory for the year 1852. Boston: George Adams. 1852. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  6. ^ ""NEWSPAPERMAN SINCE 1856: JAMES W. DUNPHY, WHO HAS JUST RETIRED AS PART OWNER AND BUSINESS MANAGER OF THE ADVERTISER, BAGAN AS OFFICE BOY ON THE ATLAS AT A TIME WHEN BOSTON HAD A DOZEN DAILY NEWSPAPERS--HE REMEMBERS HOW THE CIVIL WAR DEVELOPED THE DAILY AND BROUGHT AND END TO OTHER KINDS OF NEWSPAPERS AND ALSO BROUGHT INTO BEING THE MODERN "EXTRA" -OLD TRAVELLER FIRST PAPER IN THE COUNTRY TO APPEAR IN EIGHT-PAGE FOLIO FORM."". Boston Daily Globe. December 6, 1914. p. 56.
  7. ^ Schouler (1916). "The Whig Party in Massachusetts". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 50.
  8. ^ King, Moses (1881), King's Hand-book of Boston ...: Profusely Illustrated, Cambridge, Ma: Moses King, p. 267
  9. ^ a b c d e f Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Retrieved 2012-03-29
  10. ^ Library of Congress. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. About Boston traveller. (Boston [Mass.]) 1855-1892

Images

  • Boston Daily Atlas, 1832
    Boston Daily Atlas, 1832
  • Daily Atlas office, State Street, ca.1840s
    Daily Atlas office, State Street, ca.1840s
  • Portrait of a Boston Atlas reader, 1845, by an unidentified artist (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
    Portrait of a Boston Atlas reader, 1845, by an unidentified artist (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)