Boston Daily Advertiser

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The Boston Advertiser

Type	Daily newspaper[1]
Format	Broadsheet
Founded	1813[2]
Language	English
Ceased publication	1929
Headquarters	20 Court Street; Washington Street Boston, Massachusetts  United States

Boston Daily Advertiser was a daily newspaper established in 1813 and purchased by journalist Nathan Hale in 1814. In 1832 The Advertiser took over control of The Boston Patriot, and then in 1840 it took over and absorbed The Boston Gazette.^[3]

In 1885 Elihu B. Hayes took over control of The Advertiser.^[4]

After Hayes The Advertiser was acquired by former Massachusetts House of Representatives Speaker and Massachusetts's 7th district Congressman William Emerson Barrett who published The Advertiser until his death on February 12, 1906.^[5]

The paper was purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1917, became an illustrated tabloid in 1921, and was defunct in 1929. Hearst continued using the name Advertiser for its Sunday paper until the early 1970s.

Contents 1 Former Contributors 2 Allusions in literature 3 See also 4 References 5 Bibliography

[edit] Former Contributors

• William Emerson Barrett Washington correspondent (1882-1886). editor in chief (1888), chief proprietor and publisher.
• George A. Marden.
• Samuel W. McCall leading editorial writer.

[edit] Allusions in literature

• In Henry James' 1878 novel The Europeans, Mr Wentworth reads The Boston Daily Advertiser.
• In William Dean Howells' 1885 novel The Rise of Silas Lapham, Bromfield Corey reads The Boston Daily Advertiser.

[edit] See also

• The Boston Globe
• Boston Herald
• The Boston Journal
• Boston Post
• Boston Evening Transcript

[edit] References

1. ^ "The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information", 19, New York, NY: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, p. 567 
2. ^ "The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information", 19, New York, NY: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, p. 567 
3. ^ "The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information", 19, New York, NY: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911, p. 567 
4. ^ Death List of A Day.; Elihu Burritt Hayes., New York, NY: The New York Times, April 2, 1903, p. 9. 
5. ^ Death List of A Day.; William Emerson Barrett, New York, NY: The New York Times, February 13, 1906, p. 7. 

[edit] Bibliography

• The New York Times (April 2, 1903) Death List of A Day.; Elihu Burritt Hayes, (1903), p. 9.
• The New York Times (February 13, 1906) Death List of A Day.; William Emerson Barrett (1906), P. 7.
• The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, New York, NY: Encyclopaedia Britannica, (1911), p. 567.
• Howells, William Dean.: The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885).
• James, Henry.: The Europeans (1878).