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The ''New-York Mirror'' was a weekly

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published in

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from 1823 to 1842, succeeded by ''The New Mirror'' in 1843 and 1844. Its producers then launched a daily newspaper named ''The Evening Mirror'', which published from 1844 to 1898.

History

The ''Mirror'' was founded by

George Pope Morris George Pope Morris (October 10, 1802 – July 6, 1864) was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. Life and work With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily ''New York Evening Mirror''Sova, Dawn B. ''Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z''. New Y ...

and Samuel Woodworth in August 1823. The journal was a weekly publication, and it included coverage of arts and literature in addition to local news. Circulation flagged in the 1840s and at the end of 1842 the paper was closed. In 1843 Morris partnered with popular writer Nathaniel Parker Willis to revamp the business, and together they relaunched the newspaper as ''The New Mirror'', which published weekly for eighteen months. They then established ''The Evening Mirror'' in 1844. In all three incarnations, the paper employed many well known literary figures of the day. The ''Mirrors September 2, 1843 issue saw the publication of "

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" by

Thomas Dunn English Thomas Dunn English (June 29, 1819 – April 1, 1902) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the state's 6th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895. He was also a published ...

, which was soon to attain widespread popularity.

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wid ...

worked for the newspaper as a critic until February 1845. In the January 29, 1845 issue, the ''Mirror'' was the first to publish Poe's

poem Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...

The Raven "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a myst ...

" with the author's name. In his introduction to the poem, Willis called it "unsurpassed in English poetry for subtle conception, masterly ingenuity of versification, and consistent, sustaining of imaginative lift... It will stick to the memory of everybody who reads it." Willis and Morris left the publication in 1846. After Willis, the newspaper was edited by Hiram Fuller, a noted enemy of Poe. Fuller published attacks on Poe made by Charles Frederick Briggs and

in May and June 1846. A letter printed by the ''Mirror'' in the July 23, 1846 issue caused Poe to sue the newspaper for libel and

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. Poe won the suit and was awarded $225.06 as well as an additional $101.42 in court costs.Silverman, Kenneth. ''Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance''. Harper Perennial, 1991. p. 328

References

External links

''The New-York Mirror'' (New York, NY)
at Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
''The New-York Mirror''
Volume I–XIX at HathiTrust (duplicates of a given volume are scanned from different originals and vary in quality): * ''The New-York Mirror'' (New York, NY) at Google Books: * ''The New Mirror'' Volume I–III at HathiTrust (six-month volumes, no indexes): {{authority control Defunct newspapers published in New York City Edgar Allan Poe 1823 establishments in New York (state) Publications established in 1823 Weekly newspapers published in the United States