Boston Atlas

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]

The Atlas, Boston, 1838

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. 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. 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)
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