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''The Boston Journal'' was a daily
Image:1852 BostonMorningJournal January8.jpg, ''Boston Morning Journal'', 1852
Image:Boston_Journal_Office_(Boston_Public_Library).jpg, Boston Journal building, 19th century
Image:1881 Journal map Boston byThomasMarsh BPL 12256 detail.png, Detail of 1881 map of Boston, showing location of ''Journal'' office
Image:1896 Boston Sunday Journal May 3.png, ''Boston Sunday Journal'' "Bicycle Number", May 1896
Photo of billboards hanging from the Boston Journal Building
at 264 Washington Street, April 1898 19th century in Boston Defunct companies based in Massachusetts Defunct newspapers published in Massachusetts Newspapers published in Boston Publications disestablished in 1917 Publications established in 1833 Boston Herald {{Massachusetts-newspaper-stub
''The Boston Journal'' was a daily 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.
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published 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 ...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
, from 1833 until October 1917 when it was merged with the ''Boston Herald
The ''Boston Herald'' is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts, and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulit ...
''.
The paper was originally an evening paper called the ''Evening Mercantile Journal''. When it started publishing its morning edition, it changed its name to ''The Boston Journal''.
In October 1917 John H. Higgins, the publisher and treasurer of the ''Boston Herald'', bought out its nearby neighbor ''The Boston Journal'' and created ''The Boston Herald and Boston Journal''.
Former contributors
*Charles Carleton Coffin
Charles Carleton Coffin (July 26, 1823 – March 2, 1896) was an American journalist, war correspondent, author and politician.
Coffin was one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War. He has been called "the Er ...
, war correspondent who wrote dispatches from the front under the byline "Carlton".
* Stephen O'Meara, reporter (1874–1879), city editor (1879–1881), managing editor (1881–1895), general manager (1891–1895), editor-in-chief and publisher (1895–1899), and majority owner (1899–1902). Later served as the first commissioner of the Boston Police Department
The Boston Police Department (BPD), dating back to 1854, holds the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. The ...
.
* Thomas Freeman Porter
* Benjamin Perley Poore
Benjamin Perley Poore (November 2, 1820 – May 30, 1887) was a prominent American newspaper correspondent, editor, and author in the mid-19th century. One of the most popular and prolific journalists of his era, he was an active partisan for the ...
, Washington correspondent and war correspondent who wrote under the byline "Perley".
* John Sherburne Sleeper
John Sherburne Sleeper (1794–1878) was an American sailor, ship master, novelist (who used the pseudonym of Hawser Martingale), journalist and politician.
Life at sea
Sleeper spent 22 years in the merchant marine service shipping out of the p ...
, principal editor and part owner of the newspaper. Sleeper wrote the ''Journal''s "Tales of the Seas" under his ''nom de plume'' of Hawser Martingale.
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* Bostonian SocietyPhoto of billboards hanging from the Boston Journal Building
at 264 Washington Street, April 1898 19th century in Boston Defunct companies based in Massachusetts Defunct newspapers published in Massachusetts Newspapers published in Boston Publications disestablished in 1917 Publications established in 1833 Boston Herald {{Massachusetts-newspaper-stub