The Boston Journal
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The April 10, 1865 front page of
The Boston Daily Journal |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | John Sherburne Sleeper, John A. Dix, Henry Rogers (1837); Col. W. W. Clapp (1886); John H. Higgins (1917) |
| Publisher | Journal Newspaper Company |
| Founded | February 5, 1833 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | October 1917 (merged with The Boston Herald)[1] |
| Headquarters | 264 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts  United States |
The Boston Journal was a daily newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts from 1833[2] until October 1917 when it was merged with the Boston Herald.[1]
The paper was originally an evening paper called the Evening Mercantile Journal. When it started publishing its morning edition, it changed its name to The Boston Journal.[2]
In October 1917 John H. Higgins, the publisher and treasurer of the Boston Herald,[3] bought out its nearby neighbor The Boston Journal and created The Boston Herald and Boston Journal[1]
Former contributors
- Benjamin Perley Poore. Washington correspondent and war correspondent who wrote under the byline "Perley".
- Charles Carleton Coffin. War correspondent who wrote dispatches from the front under the byline "Carlton".
- John Sherburne Sleeper. Principal editor and part owner of the newspaper. Sleeper wrote the Journal's "Tales of the Seas" under his nom de plume of Hawser Martingale.[4]
- Thomas Freeman Porter
References
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- ↑ New York Times "James H. Higgins, Retired Publisher; Also Was Treasurer of Boston Herald for 10 Years After Merger With Traveler Dies at Central Valley In 1917 He Bought The Boston Journal and Consolidated It With The Herald. The New York Times, page 13, August 1, 1938.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boston Journal. |
- Bostonian Society. Photo of billboards hanging from the Boston Journal Building at 264 Washington Street, April 1898
Images
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Boston Morning Journal, 1852
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Boston Journal building, 19th century
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Detail of 1881 map of Boston, showing location of Journal office
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Boston Sunday Journal "Bicycle Number," May 1896
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