List of defunct Massachusetts newspapers
This is a list of defunct newspapers in Massachusetts, including print and online.
List of defunct newspapers
- The Nantucket Beacon (weekly)
Boston
Newspapers published in Boston, Massachusetts:
- American Apollo. w., Jan. 6, 1792 – Dec. 25, 1794.[1]
- The American Herald. w., s.w., Apr. 5, 1784 – June 30, 1788; w. Jan. 19 – Mar. 29, 1784; w., August 1790 – Dec. 13, 1790.[1]
- The American Journal, and Suffolk Intelligencer. w., Feb. 22 – July 12, 1785.[1]
- The Argus. s.w., w., July 22, 1791 – June 28, 1793.[1]
- The Boston Chronicle. w., s.w., Dec. 21, 1767-June 25, 1770.[1]
- The Boston Evening-Post. w., Aug. 18, 1735 – Apr. 24, 1775.[1]
- The Boston Evening-post: and the General Advertiser. w., Oct. 20, 1781 – Jan. 10, 1784.[1]
- The Boston Gazette. w., Dec. 21, 1719 – Oct. 19, 1741; Oct. 20, 1741; Oct. 27, 1741 – Dec. 26, 1752; Jan. 3, 1753 – Apr. 1, 1755; Apr. 7, 1755 – Apr. 5, 1756; Apr. 12, 1756 – Dec. 30, 1793; Jan. 6, 1794 – Sept. 17, 1798.[1]
- Boston Gazette, Commercial and Political. s.w., Oct. 9 – Dec. 29, 1800+[1]
- The Boston News-Letter. w., s.w., Apr. 24, 1704 – Dec. 29, 1726; Sept. 1, 1757 – Mar. 18, 1762; Mar. 25, 1762 – Mar. 31, 1763.[1]
- The Boston Post-Boy. w., June 11, 1750 – Dec. 23, 1754.[1]
- The Boston Post-boy & Advertiser. w., May 30, 1763 – Sept. 25, 1769.[1]
- The Boston Price Current and Marine Intelligencer. w., s.w., Sept. 7, 1795 – June 4, 1798.[1]
- The Boston Weekly Advertiser. w., Aug. 22, 1757 – Dec. 25, 1758.[1]
- The Boston Weekly News-letter. w., Nov. 5, 1730 – Aug. 25, 1757.[1]
- Boston Weekly News-letter. w., May 26, 1768 – Sept. 21, 1769.[1]
- The Boston Weekly Post-boy. w., Oct. (?), 1734 – June 4, 1750.[1]
- The Censor. w., Nov. 23, 1771 – May 2, 1772.[1]
- The Columbian Centinel. s.w., June 16, 1790 – Oct. 2, 1799; Oct. 5, 1799 – July 2, 1800; July 5 – Dec. 31, 1800+[1]
- The Commercial Bulletin, 1859-1990[2]
- The Constitutional Telegraph. s.w., Oct. 2, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+[1]
- Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser. w., May 30, 1776 – June 21, 1787.[1]
- The Courier. s.w., July 1 – Oct. 17, 1795.[1]
- The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette and Universal Advertiser. s.w., Oct. 21 – Dec. 16, 1795.[1]
- The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette, and General Advertiser. s.w., Dec. 19, 1795 – Mar. 5, 1796.[1]
- The Courier and General Advertiser. s.w., Nov. 3 – Dec. 8, 1796.[1]
- Courier de Boston: affiches, announces, et avis. w., Apr. 23 – Oct. 15, 1789.[1][3][4]
- The Evening Post; and the General Advertiser. w., Oct. 17, 1778 – Feb. 26, 1780.[1]
- The Exchange Advertiser. w., Dec. 30, 1784 – Jan. 4, 1787.[1]
- Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser. d., Jan. 1 – Mar. 5, 1798.[1]
- Federal Gazette and General Advertiser. s.w., Mar. 8–26, 1798.[1]
- Federal Orrery. s.w., Oct. 20, 1794 – Oct. 31, 1796.[1]
- Green & Russells Boston Post-boy & Advertiser. w., Jan. 1, 1759 – May 23, 1763.[1]
- The Herald of Freedom. s.w., Sept. 15, 1788 – Mar. 12, 1790; Mar. 16, 1790 – July 19, 1791.[1]
- The Independent Advertiser. w., Jan. 4, 1748 – Dec. 5, 1749.[1]
- Independent Chronicle. w., Sept. 19 – Oct. 31, 1776; Nov. 7, 1776 – Dec. 29, 1800+[1]
- The Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser. w., June 15, 1778 – Oct. 16, 1786.[1]
- J. Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political. s.w., Dec. 17, 1798 – Oct. 6, 1800.[1]
- The Liberator. w., Jan. 1, 1831 – Dec. 29, 1865.[1]
- The Massachusetts Centinel. s.w., Oct. 16, 1784 – June 12, 1790.[1]
- The Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal. s.w., Mar. 24 – Oct. 13, 1784.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette. s.w., May 23, 1768 – Sept. 25, 1769.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette. w., s.w., Nov. 28, 1785 – Nov. 11, 1788.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-letter. w., Apr. 7, 1763 – May 19, 1768.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-boy and Advertiser. w., Oct. 2, 1769 – Apr. 17, 1775.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette; and the Boston Weekly News-letter. w., Sept. 28, 1769 – Feb. 29, 1776.[1]
- Massachusetts Mercury. t.w., Jan. 1 – June 28, 1793.[1]
- Massachusetts Mercury. s.w., Jan. 3, 1797 – Dec. 30, 1800.[1]
- Massachusetts Spy. t.w., s.w., w., July 17, 1770 – Oct. 1, 1772; The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston Journal. w., Oct. 8, 1772 – Apr. 6, 1775.[1]
- The Mercury. s.w., July 2, 1793 – Dec. 30, 1796.[1]
- The Morning Chronicle; and the General Advertiser. w., Mar. 9, 1780 – May 11, 1780.[1]
- The New-England Chronicle. w., Apr. 25 – Sept. 12, 1776.[1]
- The New-England Courant. w., Aug. 7, 1721 – June 25, 1726.[1]
- The New England Weekly Journal. w., Mar. 20, 1727 – Oct. 13, 1741.[1]
- Nocturnal Mail.[1]
- Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser. d., Nov. 14, 1796 – Feb. 2, 1797.[1]
- Polar-Star: Boston Daily Advertiser. d., Oct. 6 – Nov. 12, 1796.[1]
- Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political. s.w., June 7 – Dec. 13, 1798.[1]
- Saturday Evening Herald, and the Washington Gazette. w., July 17, 1790 – August (?), 1790.[1]
- The Times, or, The Evening Entertainer. t.w. Oct. 4 – Nov. 8, 1794.[1]
- The Weekly News-letter. w., Jan. 5, 1727 – Oct. 29, 1730.[1]
- The Weekly Rehearsal. w., Sept. 27, 1731 – Aug. 11, 1735.[1]
- The Boston Daily Advertiser
- The Boston Journal
- The Boston Phoenix
- The Boston Post
- The Boston Transcript
Brookfield
Newspapers published in Brookfield, Massachusetts:
- The Moral and Political Telegraphie, or, Brookfield Advertiser. w., May 6, 1795 – Aug. 17, 1796.[1]
- The Political Repository, or, Farmer's Journal. w., Aug. 14, 1798 – Dec. 30, 1800+[1]
- The Worcester County Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser. w., Jan. 6 – Apr. 28, 1795.[1]
- The Worcester Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser. w., Oct. 7 – Dec. 30, 1794.[1]
Cambridge
Newspapers published in Cambridge, Massachusetts:
- The New-England Chronicle, or, The Essex Gazette. w., May 12, 1775 – Apr. 4, 1776.[1]
Charlestown
Newspapers published in Charlestown, Massachusetts:
- The American Recorder, and the Charlestown Advertiser. s.w., w., Dec. 9, 1785 – May 25, 1787.[1]
Greenfield
Newspapers published in Greenfield, Massachusetts:
- Greenfield Gazette. w., Aug. 2, 1792 – Feb. 26, 1795.[1]
- Greenfield Gazette. A Register of Genuine Federalism. w., Aug. 28, 1798 – Dec. 26, 1800+[1]
- Greenfield Gazette. An impartial Register of the Times. w., Jan. 4 – Aug. 27, 1798.[1]
- Greenfield Gazette, or, Massachusetts and Vermont Telegraphe. w., Mar. 5, 1795 – Dec. 28, 1797.[1]
- The Impartial Intelligencer. w., Feb. 1, 1792 – July 26, 1792.[1]
Haverhill
Newspapers published in Haverhill, Massachusetts:
Leominster
Newspapers published in Leominster, Massachusetts:
New Bedford
Newspapers published in New Bedford, Massachusetts:
Newburyport
Newspapers published in Newburyport, Massachusetts:
- The Essex Journal. w., Dec. 11, 1776 – Feb. 13, 1777.[1]
- The Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or, The Massachu-setts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser. w., Dec. 4, 1773 – June 23, 1775.[1]
- The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet. w., Nov. 10, 1775 – Oct. 25, 1776.[1]
- The Essex Journal & New Hampshire Packet. w., Dec. 13, 1786 – Apr. 2, 1794.[1]
- The Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser. w., July 9, 1784 – Dec. 6, 1786.[1]
- The Essex Journal, or, New-Hampshire Packet. w., Aug. 4 – Nov. 3, 1775.[1]
- The Essex Journal, or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser. w., June 30 – July 28, 1775.[1]
- The Essex Journal, or, The New-Hampshire Packet and the weekly Advertiser. w., Nov. 1 – Dec. 5, 1776.[1]
- Impartial Herald. w., s.w., May 18, 1793 – Oct. 27, 1797.[1]
- The Morning Star. w., Apr. 8 – Dec. 3, 1794.[1]
- The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette. s.w., Oct. 31, 1797 – Dec. 30, 1800+[1]
- Political Gazette. w., Apr. 30, 1795 – Oct. 27, 1797.[1]
Northampton
Newspapers published in Northampton, Massachusetts:
Plymouth
Newspapers published in Plymouth, Massachusetts:
- The Plymouth Journal, and the Massachusetts Advertiser. w., Mar, 19, 1785 – June 13, 1786.[1]
Salem
Newspapers published in Salem, Massachusetts:
- The American Gazette, or, The Constitutional Journal. w., June 18 – July 30, 1776.[1]
- The Essex Gazette. w., Aug. 2, 1768 – May 2, 1775.[1]
- The Impartial Register. s.w., May 12 – July 28, 1800.[1]
- The Salem Gazette. w., Oct. 18, 1781 – Nov. 22, 1785.[1]
- The Salem Gazette. w., s.w., Jan. 5, 1790 – Dec. 30, 1800+[1]
- The Salem Gazette, and General Advertiser. w., Jan 2 – Sept. 4, 1781.[1]
- The Salem Gazette, or, Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser. w., Dec. 9, 1774 – Apr. 21, 1775.[1]
- The Salem Impartial Register. s.w., July 31 – Dec. 29, 1800+[1]
- The Salem Mercury. w., Apr. 15, 1788 – Dec. 29, 1789.[1]
- The Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral. w., Oct. 14, 1786 – Apr. 8, 1788.[1]
Springfield
Newspapers published in Springfield, Massachusetts:
- Federal Spy. w., Dec. 2, 1794 – Dec. 30, 1800+[1]
- The Federal Spy and Springfield Advertiser. w., Jan. 29 – Dec. 17, 1793.[1]
- Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle. w., Oct. 26, 1791 – Sept. 6, 1796.[1]
- The Hampshire Chronicle. w., Mar. 6, 1787 – Oct. 19, 1791.[1]
- The Hampshire Herald. w., Nov. 15, 1785 – Sept. 26, 1786.[1]
- The Hampshire Herald, or, The Weekly Advertiser. w., July 27, 1784 – Nov. 8, 1785.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The General Advertiser. w., Aug. 13, 1782 – July 20, 1784.[1]
- The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The Springfield and North-ampton weekly Advertiser. w., May 14 – Aug. 6, 1782.[1]
Watertown
Newspapers published in Watertown, Massachusetts:
- The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal. w., June 5, 1775 – Oct. 28, 1776.[1]
Worcester
Newspapers published in Worcester, Massachusetts:
- American Herald, and the Worcerster Recorder. w., Aug. 21, 1788 – Oct. 8, 1789.[1]
- Haswell's Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty. w., Apr. 9, 16, 23; May 14 – June 18, 1778.[1]
- The Independent Gazetteer. w., Jan. 7-Dec. 30, 1800+[1]
- The Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty. w., May 3, 1775 – Apr. 2, 30, May 7, 1778; June 25, 1778 – May 17, 1781.[1]
- Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, the Worcester Gazette. w., May 24, 1781 – Mar. 30, 1786; Apr. 3, 1788 – Dec. 31, 1800+[1]
- Worcester Evening Gazette 1866–1989[5][6]
- Worcester Telegram 1888–1989[7]
- The Worcester Transcript
See also
- List of current newspapers in Massachusetts
References
- "Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
- "About The commercial bulletin. (Boston, Mass.) 1859-1990 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress". Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. 1990-03-23. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- Thomas, Isaiah (1874). History of printing in America, 2nd ed. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- Brigham, Clarence S. (April 1915). "Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690–1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston)". Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society. 25 (1): 128–293. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- "Worcester Evening Gazette" (Catalog Record). Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
Worcester, Mass. : S.B. Bartholomew & Co., 1866–1869
- "The Evening gazette; 100 years—a consistent story" (Catalog Record). Library of Congress. 22 June 1966. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "Worcester Telegram" (Catalog Record). Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
Worcester, Mass. : Telegram Newspaper Co., 1888–1989
Further reading
- Mary F. Ayer, Albert Matthews. Check-list of Boston newspapers, 1704-1780. Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1907
- The Official Website of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance. Historical Newspapers. The State of Massachusetts Government. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
- Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- O. M. Dickerson. British Control of American Newspapers on the Eve of the Revolution. The New England Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1951), pp. 453–468.
- Charles E. Clark. Boston and the Nurturing of Newspapers: Dimensions of the Cradle, 1690-1741. The New England Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Jun., 1991), pp. 243–271
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Massachusetts. |
- Boston Public Library. "Newspapers".
- Boston Public Library. "Newspaper Directories". Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. (Includes links to online versions of historic directories such as Pettingill's, Rowell's, Hubbard's, etc.)
- Joseph P. Healey Library. "Massachusetts Newspapers". Library Research Guides. University of Massachusetts Boston.
- Northeastern University Libraries. "Journalism Research at Northeastern University Libraries: News". Subject Guides. Boston, MA: Northeastern University. Archived from the original on 2012-07-04.
- "Massachusetts newspapers". NewsLink.org. (Location?): (Publisher?).
- Harvard Library. "Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes: US Newspaper Sources By State: Massachusetts". Research Guides. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.
- "Directory of New England Newspapers". New England Newspaper and Press Association. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19.
- "US Newspaper Directory: Massachusetts", Chronicling America, Washington DC: US Library of Congress