Boston Weekly Messenger

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The Boston Weekly Messenger (1811–1861) was a newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. Publishers/editors included James Cutler and Nathan Hale.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ |title= Historic American Newspapers |author= Library of Congress |work= Chronicling America |access-date= 5 April 2012}}James Cutler (1774- 1818). {{Citation |publisher = Press of E. A. Hall & Co. |location = Greenfield, Mass |author = Nahum Sawin Cutler |title = A Cutler memorial and genealogical history |date = 1889 |ol = 23292166M }} It began as "a political journal, established in 1811 by a company of young federalists, chief among whom was John Lowell."{{Citation |publisher = Houghton, Mifflin and Co. |location = Boston |author = Edwin M. Bacon |title = Bacon's dictionary of Boston |date = 1886 |ol = 7066965M }}{{Citation |publisher = Little, Brown and Company |location = Boston |author = Hale, Edward Everett |title = The life and letters of Edward Everett Hale |date = 1917 |ol = 7113071M }} It consisted "largely of current news taken from the Boston Daily Advertiser;" the two papers shared an office at no.6 Congress Street.{{cite journal |last=Brigham |first=Clarence S. |date=April 1915 |title=Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690-1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston) |journal=Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society |volume=25(1): 128-293. 1915. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lVxIAAAAYAAJ |access-date= 5 April 2012 }}{{cite book |title= Stimpson's Boston Directory |year= 1832 |publisher= Stimpson and Clapp |location= Boston, Massachusetts |url= https://archive.org/details/stimpsonsbostond00stim |access-date= 5 April 2012 }}{{cite book |title= Massachusetts Register ... 1856 |last= Adams |first= George |year= 1856 |publisher= G. Adams |location= Boston |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3mLpxqNrWwQC |access-date= 5 April 2012 }}