The newspaper record; containing a complete list of newspapers and periodicals in the United States, Canadas, and Great Britain, together with a ... facts about newspapers in Europe and America - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1856 Excerpt: ...all been discontinued, or absorbed into the Daily Advertiser. The Statesman is now the Boston Post. The Traveller is published daily. The Evening Gazette is said to have on its books, the names of one thousand subscribers, who have taken the paper regularly for over twenty years. The Galaxy and Mirror have been dead for many years. There was not a single daily, in 1826, that published a thousand copies. In 1840, Massachusetts had one hundred and five papers; ten daily, fourteen Tri-weekly and Semi-weekly, sixty-seven weekly. In 1840, Massachusetts had 737,699 inhabitants. In 1850, the number and influence of her press had increased to the following proportions. Papers. Weekly, Semi-weekly, Tri-weekly, Daily, Total, In 1850, the population of Massachusetts was 994,514. Boston had then one hundred and thirteen publications with an average circulation of 482,147 copies. In 1853, the assessors in Boston taxed the papers of that city, according to the following estimate: The proprietors of the Atlas, on $40,000; the Post, $40,000; the Transcript, $25,000 the Journal, $25,000; the Traveller, $25,000; Times, $21,000; the Courier, $20,000; the Advertiser, $15,000; the Herald, $10,000; the Mail, $8,000; the Bee, $7,000; Gleason's Pictorial, $30,000. No. Circulation Annually. 126 20,371,104 11 2,070,016 4 351,000 22 40,498,444 163 63.190.564 PENNSYLVANIA. The first newspaper in Pennsylvania, and the third in the American Colonies has been mentioned. The American Weekly Mercury, by Andrew Bradford, December 22, 1719, was printed on a half-sheet of foolscap paper, at $2 50 per annum. In November, 1742, Andrew Bradford died. His widow continued the paper until 1746. The second Pennsylvania journal, was "The Universal Instructor in all Arts and Sciences." It ap...
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