William Warden (1761 – March 18, 1786)[1][2] was a printer in late 18th-century Boston, Massachusetts.[3] In March 1784, when Warden was 23 years of age, he established the Massachusetts Centinel newspaper, with Benjamin Russell. The printing-office of Warden & Russell was located in March 1784 "at the southeast corner of State House" in Boston, and later moved to 9 Marlborough Street. The publishing partnership continued until Warden's death in 1786. Warden never married. He died "after a lingering illness" at age 25, and was interred in the Granary Burying Ground.[4][5][6]
References
- ^ James Shen. Early Boston newspapers; p.160.
- ^ Clarence Brigham. History and bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820. American Antiquarian Society, 1947; p.315.
- ^ Printer William Warden was the son of Scottish-born William Warden and Elizabeth Masters. The family lived in Boston until around 1782, when they moved to Nova Scotia. Elizabeth and the children returned to Boston around 1790. Cf. William Albert Warden, ed. The Ancestors, Kin and Descendants of John Warden and Narcissa (Davis) Warden, His Wife. Together with Records of Some Other Branches of Warden Family in America. Press of the Maynard-Gough Company, 1901 ; p.97.
- ^ Ancestors, Kin and Descendants of John Warden; p.98.
- ^ Alphabetical index for Granary Burying Ground Boston, Massachusetts. [Boston Athenaeum?], 1985; p,41.
- ^ Ogden Codman. Gravestone inscriptions and records of tomb burials in the Granary burying ground, Boston, Mass. Salem, Mass., The Essex Institute, 1918; p.238.
