Weekly Register

The Weekly Register (also called the Niles Weekly Register and Niles' Register) was a national magazine published in Baltimore, Maryland by Hezekiah Niles. The magazine "exerted a powerful influence on the early national discourse," according to a 2011 article on the magazine in The Baltimore Sun, with a national circulation of 4,000, which was respectable at the time.[1]

Symptoms of a locked jaw. Plain sewing done here cartoon by David Claypoole Johnston in Niles Weekly Register on January 5 and 12, 1828, regarding the "Corrupt Bargain" accusations made by presidential candidate Andrew Jackson against Secretary of State Henry Clay in 1824.

As of the time of publication of volume 36, the magazine was being published from "Water Street, east of South Street" according to a masthead from that period.[2]

History

Niles apprenticed as a printer in Philadelphia, eventually moving to Wilmington to start a magazine. His partner in that venture, however, ran off with the money, leaving him destitute. He moved on, establishing first a newspaper and then the Register in Baltimore. The magazine's content included coverage of the War of 1812,[3] among other offerings.

References
  1. Rasmussen, Frederick N. (4 September 2011). "Hezekiah Niles a patriotic newsmagazine editor in 19th century". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175034018138;view=1up;seq=9
  3. "The Weekly Register - March 1813 and Index". OurOntario. OurDigitalWorld. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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