The ''American Mercury'' is a historical

newspaper 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 a ...

that was published in Hartford,

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

in the early years of the American Republic. The paper was founded by Elisha Babcock (1753–1821) and Joel Barlow (1754–1812) and was "the leading Democratic paper in the state", propounding Jeffersonian liberalism. The paper was succeeded by the Independent Press.

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{{reflist Newspapers published in Connecticut 1784 establishments in the United States 1833 disestablishments in the United States