The ''Boston Courier'' was an American newspaper based in

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. It was founded on March 2, 1824, by Joseph T. Buckingham as a daily newspaper which supported

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. Buckingham served as editor until he sold out completely in 1848, after suffering a severe financial crisis in 1837 and losing much of his editorial authority. The ''Boston Courier'' supported the National Republicans, and later the Whig Party. In the period before the

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, its editors, including George S. Hillard and George Lunt, supported the states' right position on the abolition of slavery. From 1867 to 1915 the ''Boston Courier'' (New Series) was a weekly newspaper published by Libbey & Dennison.

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