The ''Boston Courier'' was an American newspaper based in
Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded on March 2, 1824, by
Joseph T. Buckingham as a daily newspaper which supported
protectionism
Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulatio ...
.
Buckingham served as editor until he sold out completely in 1848,
after suffering a severe financial crisis in 1837 and losing much of his editorial authority. The ''Boston Courier'' supported the
National Republicans, and later the
Whig Party. In the period before the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
, its editors, including
George S. Hillard and
George Lunt, supported the states' right position on the abolition of slavery. From 1867 to 1915 the ''Boston Courier'' (New Series) was a weekly newspaper published by Libbey & Dennison.
References
See also
* ''The
Boston Daily Advertiser
The ''Boston Daily Advertiser'' (est. 1813) was the first daily newspaper in Boston, and for many years the only daily paper in Boston.
History
The ''Advertiser'' was established in 1813, and in March 1814 it was purchased by journalist Nathan ...
''
* ''The
Boston Herald''
* ''
The Boston Globe
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* ''
The Boston Journal
''The Boston Journal'' was a daily newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1833 until October 1917 when it was merged with the '' Boston Herald''.
The paper was originally an evening paper called the ''Evening Mercantile Journal''. Whe ...
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* ''
The Boston News-Letter
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* ''
The Boston Post
''The Boston Post'' was a daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. The ''Post'' was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G. Greene and William Beals.
Edwin Grozier bough ...
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*''The
Boston Evening Transcript
The ''Boston Evening Transcript'' was a daily afternoon newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, published from July 24, 1830, to April 30, 1941.
Beginnings
''The Transcript'' was founded in 1830 by Henry Dutton and James Wentworth of the firm of D ...
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