Boston Weekly Messenger

The Boston Weekly Messenger (1811–1861) was a newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. Publishers/editors included James Cutler and Nathan Hale.^[1]^[2] It began as "a political journal, established in 1811 by a company of young federalists, chief among whom was John Lowell."^[3]^[4] It consisted "largely of current news taken from the Boston Daily Advertiser;" the two papers shared an office at no.6 Congress Street.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Variant titles

The Weekly Messenger, 1811–1815^[1]
Boston Weekly Messenger, 1815–1832, 1833–1861^[1]
Boston Weekly Messenger and Massachusetts Journal, 1832–1833^[1]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Library of Congress. "Historic American Newspapers". Chronicling America. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ James Cutler (1774- 1818). Nahum Sawin Cutler (1889), A Cutler memorial and genealogical history, Greenfield, Mass: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., OL 23292166M
^ Edwin M. Bacon (1886), Bacon's dictionary of Boston, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., OL 7066965M
^ Hale, Edward Everett (1917), The life and letters of Edward Everett Hale, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, OL 7113071M
^ Brigham, Clarence S. (April 1915). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston)". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 25(1): 128-293. 1915. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ Stimpson's Boston Directory. Boston, Massachusetts: Stimpson and Clapp. 1832. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
^ Adams, George (1856). Massachusetts Register ... 1856. Boston: G. Adams. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

External links

Boston Public Library. Weekly Messenger, 6 March, 1812
1812 History. Weekly Messenger, 15 October, 1813

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[LC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Library of Congress. "Historic American Newspapers". Chronicling America. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

[2] James Cutler (1774- 1818). Nahum Sawin Cutler (1889), A Cutler memorial and genealogical history, Greenfield, Mass: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., OL 23292166M

[3] Edwin M. Bacon (1886), Bacon's dictionary of Boston, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., OL 7066965M

[4] Hale, Edward Everett (1917), The life and letters of Edward Everett Hale, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, OL 7113071M

[5] Brigham, Clarence S. (April 1915). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston)". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 25(1): 128-293. 1915. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

[6] Stimpson's Boston Directory. Boston, Massachusetts: Stimpson and Clapp. 1832. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

[7] Adams, George (1856). Massachusetts Register ... 1856. Boston: G. Adams. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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