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The Flag Of Our Union
__NOTOC__ ''The Flag of Our Union'' (est.1846) was a weekly story paper published in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-19th century. In addition to news it featured works of fiction and poetry including contributions from notable writers such as Louisa May Alcott and Edgar Allan Poe. Publisher Frederick Gleason began ''The Flag'' in 1846, a "miscellaneous family journal, containing news, wit, humor, and romance -- independent of party or sect." Original stories, verse, and illustration appeared in the paper, as well as brief news items on local, national and international current events. Maturin Murray Ballou served as editor. In 1849, Gleason's office was located "on the corner of Court and Tremont Streets" in Boston. ''The Flag'' became quite popular. By some accounts it had "the largest circulation of any papers in the United States," ca.1851. Around 1852, circulation reached 75,000, and shortly grew to 100,000. Story contributors in the paper's early years included Ballou, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1865 Flag Of Our Union July8 Boston
Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher: United States forces launch a major amphibious assault against the last seaport held by the Confederates, Fort Fisher, North Carolina. * January 15 – American Civil War: United States forces capture Fort Fisher. * January 31 ** The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (conditional prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude) passes narrowly, in the House of Representatives. ** American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. * February ** American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns, as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces. * February 3 – American Civil War : Hampton Roads Conference: Union and Confederate leaders discuss peace terms. * Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to merge multiple persons into a single identifiable author, or for any of a number of reasons related to the marketing or aesthetic presentation of the work. The author's real identity may be known only to the publisher or may become common knowledge. Etymology The French-language phrase is occasionally still seen as a synonym for the English term "pen name", which is a "back-translation" and originated in England rather than France. H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler, in ''The King's English'' state that the term ''nom de plume'' evolv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Newspapers Published In Massachusetts
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Publications Established In 1846
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Newspapers Published In Boston
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wells Moulton
Charles Wells Moulton (1859–1913) was an American poet, critic, editor, and publisher. He was the founding editor of ''The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review'', and the publisher of ''A Woman of the Century A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name ...'' (1893). 1859 births 1913 deaths {{US-poet-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her three sisters, it is classified as an autobiographical or semi-autobiographical novel. ''Little Women'' was an immediate commercial and critical success, with readers eager for more about the characters. Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled ''Good Wives'' in the United Kingdom, though the name originated with the publisher and not Alcott). It was also met with success. The two volumes were issued in 1880 as a single novel titled ''Little Women''. Alcott subsequently wrote two sequels to her popular work, both also featuring the March sisters: ''Little Men'' (1871) and ''Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Long Fatal Love Chase
''A Long Fatal Love Chase'' is a 1866 novel by Louisa May Alcott published posthumously in 1995. Two years before the publication of ''Little Women'', Alcott uncharacteristically experimented with the style of the thriller and submitted the result, ''A Long Fatal Love Chase'', to her publisher. The manuscript was rejected, and it remained unpublished before being bought, restored and published to acclaim in 1995. Publication history In 1866, Louisa May Alcott toured Europe for the first time; being poor, she traveled as the paid companion of an invalid. Upon her return, she found her family in financial straits; subsequently, when publisher James R. Elliot asked her to write another novel suitable for serialisation in the magazine '' The Flag of Our Union'' (later mockingly referred to as "The Weekly Volcano" in ''Little Women''), Alcott dashed off a 292-page Gothic romance entitled ''A Modern Mephistopheles, or The Fatal Love Chase'' as a potboiler. She gave the novel a European s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Orne Jewett
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet, best known for her local color works set along or near the southern coast of Maine. Jewett is recognized as an important practitioner of American literary regionalism. Early life Sarah Orne Jewett was born in South Berwick, Maine on September 3, 1849. Her family had been residents of New England for many generations. Jewett's father, Theodore Herman Jewett, was a doctor specializing in "obstetrics and diseases of women and children," and Jewett often accompanied him on his rounds, becoming acquainted with the sights and sounds of her native land and its people. Her mother was Caroline Frances (Perry). As treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, a condition that developed in her early childhood, Jewett was sent on frequent walks and through them also developed a love of nature. In later life, Jewett often visited Boston, where she was acquainted with many of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton Talbot
Newton Talbot (March 10, 1815 – February 3, 1904) was an American publisher, politician, and administrator at Tufts College. Early life Talbot was born on March 10, 1815, in Stoughton, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of eight children born to Richard and Rebekah (Smith) Talbot. Tabot's mother died when he was two and his father died when he was fifteen. In 1836, Talbot moved to Boston, where he apprenticed as a clerk in a shoe store. From 1838 to 1841 he sold shoes with business partner Alanson Belcher. In 1842, Talbot opened his own shoe store. He later served as an inspector at the Boston Custom House. In 1849, Talbot left Boston to take part in California Gold Rush. He left New York City for San Francisco on June 30, 1849, and arrived in California on August 16, 1849. Talbot returned to Boston in 1850. Publishing In 1851, Talbot became a cashier in the office Frederick Gleason, publisher of ''Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion'' and ''The Flag of Our Union''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Bassett Clarke
Mary Bassett Clarke (, Bassett; pen name, Ida Fairfield; November 18, 1831 – August 2, 1908) was an American writer of the long nineteenth century. She was a contributor to '' The Flag of Our Union'', '' Rural New Yorker'', as well as periodicals issued by the Seventh Day Baptists. ''Autumn Leaves'' was published in 1894. Early life and education Mary Bassett was born in Independence, New York, November 18, 1831. She was the daughter of John Chandler Bassett, a well-to-do farmer of western New York, and Martha (St. John) Bassett. She was the seventh in a family of twelve children who lived to maturity. She was educated in Alfred University. Although ill-health limited her opportunities, she was graduated from the university in 1857. Career At the age of fifteen, she began writing for publication, under the pen-name "Ida Fairfield," in '' The Flag of Our Union''. With some interruption by ill-health, she continued many years to be a contributor to that paper, to the '' Rural New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Paper
A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers. Also known in Britain as "boys' weeklies", story papers were phenomenally popular before the outbreak of the Second World War. Among the most well-known British story papers was ''Boy's Own Paper'', which ran from 1879 to 1967. Beginnings The first known edition of what would later become known as a "story paper" was ''The Young Gentleman's Magazine'', published in 1777. The first story paper to really take off was ''The Boys' and Girls' Penny Magazine'', first published in September 1832. In 1866, Charles Stephens began selling ''Boys of England'' on the English streets for a penny—the first "penny dreadful". Story papers in this style minimized the expense of writing in order to produce an extremely cheap product. Strictly speaking, the "penny dreadful" died off by the turn of the century, but this term was still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
