The ''Salem Register'' (1800-) was a newspaper published in

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, in the 19th century. William Carlton established it in 1800; subsequent publishers included his wife Elizabeth Carlton, John Chapman, Charles W. Palfray, Warick Palfray Jr., Haven Poole, Eben N. Walton. Among the contributing writers:

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, Andrew Dunlap, Joseph E. Sprague,

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. Its office was at no.185 Essex Street. From 1807 to 1840 the paper was called the ''Essex Register,'' then again called the ''Salem Register.'' "The reason for altering the title from ''Essex'' to ''Salem'' was that letters and packages directed to their office were carried to the town of

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and thus caused considerable inconvenience." In the 1820s-1830s, "prior to the amalgamation of distinct parties in politics under the names of Whig and

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the ''Register'' sustained those who called themselves

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* ''The Impartial Register'', 1800-1800 * ''Salem Impartial Register'', 1800-1801 * ''Salem Register'', 1802-1807, 1841-1903, 1906- * ''Essex Register'', 1807-1840 * ''Salem Register and Essex County Mercury'', 1903-1906

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