''The Boston Journal'' was a daily

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published in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

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, from 1833 until October 1917 when it was merged with the ''

Boston Herald The ''Boston Herald'' is an American conservative 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 awarde ...

''. 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, 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) is the primary law enforcement agency of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1854, the BPD is the oldest municipal police department in the United States. It is also the 20th largest law enforce ...

. * 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, 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.

Images

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

References

External links

* Bostonian Society
Photo of billboards hanging from the Boston Journal Building
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