The ''Boston Recorder'' was a
Congregationalist newspaper established by
Nathaniel Willis (
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis,Baker, 3 was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfello ...
's father) and
Sidney E. Morse in 1816 in
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
,
.
It published weekly newspapers from 1817 to 1824.
The paper primarily published religious news and accounts of missionary and other religious organizations, and it also published civic, agricultural, political news, and other topics.
It also published Nathaniel Parker Willis's biblical poems.
It merged with the ''Boston Telegraph'' to form the ''Boston Recorder and Telegraph''.
Editors and contributors
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Nancy H. Adsit, contributor
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Harriette Newell Woods Baker
Harriette Newell Woods Baker ( pen names Mrs. Madeline Leslie and Aunt Hattie; August 19, 1815 – April 26, 1893) was an American author of books for children, and editor. Her career as an author began when she was about 30 years old. She dev ...
, contributor
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Abijah Perkins Marvin, associate editor
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Harvey Newcomb
Harvey Newcomb (September 2, 1803 – August 30, 1863) was an American clergyman and writer.
He was born in Thetford, Vermont. He removed to western New York in 1818, engaged in teaching for eight years, and from 1826 till 1831 edited several jo ...
, contributor
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Calvin Ellis Stowe
Calvin Ellis Stowe (April 6, 1802 – August 22, 1886) was an American Biblical scholar who helped spread public education in the United States. Over his career, he was a professor of languages and Biblical and sacred literature at Andover Theolo ...
, editor
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Joseph Tracy
Joseph Tracy (1793–1874) was a Protestant Christian minister, newspaper editor, historian and leading figure in the American Colonization Society of the early to mid-19th century. He is noted as a typical figure of the New England Renaissanc ...
, editor
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Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis,Baker, 3 was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfello ...
, contributor
References
External links
* {{cite web, url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/newspapers/results_full.php?bib_id=13167 , title=Boston Recorder , publisher=University of Illinois Library
1816 establishments in the United States
Magazines established in 1816
Magazines published in Boston