The ''Anti-Masonic Enquirer'' (also known as the ''Antimasonic Enquirer'' and the ''Rochester Antimasonic Inquirer'') was an
American
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weekly newspaper
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associated with the
Anti-Masonic Party
The Anti-Masonic Party was the earliest Third party (United States), third party in the United States. Formally a Single-issue politics, single-issue party, it strongly opposed Freemasonry in the United States. It was active from the late 1820s, ...
.
The ''Anti-Masonic Enquirer'' was established in
Rochester, New York
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in February 1828 by
Thurlow Weed
Edward Thurlow Weed (November 15, 1797 – November 22, 1882) was an American printer, newspaper publisher, and Whig Party (United States), Whig and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. He was the principal political advisor t ...
and Samuel Heron, as a successor to Heron's previous publication the ''Rochester Balance''.
It was one of a large number of American newspapers during this period founded to support the activities of the Anti-Masonic Party.
Andrew Burt described the newspaper as "the most prominent, Anti-Masonic newspaper in the country, pumping Anti-Masonic literature into communities throughout the nation".
Heron withdrew from ownership of the newspaper the following year, and Weed in 1830, with D.N. Sprague continuing as publisher until October 1831 when the newspaper was sold to Erastus Shepard. Shepard renamed the newspaper the ''Rochester Antimasonic Inquirer'' in November 1831, and the newspaper subsequently went through several additional name changes.
It was merged in 1834 with the ''National Republican''.
See also
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Solomon Southwick
Solomon Southwick (December 25, 1773 – November 18, 1839) was an American newspaper publisher and political figure who was a principal organizer of the Anti-Masonic Party.
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Southwick was apprenticed as a baker an ...
References
External links
Directory entry at the U.S. Library of Congress{{Authority Control
Newspapers established in 1828
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
Rochester, New York