The ''Boston Recorder'' was a Congregationalist newspaper established by Nathaniel Willis (

Nathaniel Parker Willis Nathaniel Parker Willis (January 20, 1806 – January 20, 1867), also known as N. P. Willis,Baker, 3 was an American writer, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfello ...

's father) and

Sidney E. Morse Sidney Edwards Morse (7 February 1794 – 24 December 1871) was an American inventor, geographer and journalist. Morse was the brother of telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel F. B. Morse. Biography Morse was the son of geographer and clergyma ...

in 1816 in

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. It published weekly newspapers from 1817 to 1824. The paper primarily published religious news and accounts of missionary and other religious organizations, and it also published civic, agricultural, political news, and other topics. It also published Nathaniel Parker Willis's biblical poems. It merged with the ''Boston Telegraph'' to form the ''Boston Recorder and Telegraph''.

Editors and contributors

* Nancy H. Adsit, contributor * Harriette Newell Woods Baker, contributor * Abijah Perkins Marvin, associate editor * Harvey Newcomb, contributor *

Calvin Ellis Stowe Calvin Ellis Stowe (April 6, 1802 – August 22, 1886) was an American Biblical scholar who helped spread public education in the United States. Over his career, he was a professor of languages and Biblical and sacred literature at Andover Theol ...

, editor *

Joseph Tracy Joseph Tracy (1793–1874) was a Protestant Christian minister, newspaper editor, historian and leading figure in the American Colonization Society of the early to mid-19th century. He is noted as a typical figure of the New England Renaissance ...

, editor *

, contributor

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External links

* {{cite web, url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/newspapers/results_full.php?bib_id=13167 , title=Boston Recorder , publisher=University of Illinois Library 1816 establishments in the United States Magazines established in 1816 Magazines published in Boston