Memphis Post

The newspaper was founded by John Eaton,{{cite journal|last=Bergee|first=Martin J.|date=Summer 1987|title=Ringing the Changes: General John Eaton and the 1886 Public School Music Survey|journal=Journal of Research in Music Education|publisher=Sage Publications, Inc. on behalf of MENC: The National Association for Music Education|volume=35|issue=2|pages=103–116|jstor=3344986|doi=10.2307/3344986|s2cid=143927957}} former Superintendent for Negro Affairs in the Department of the Tennessee, and began publication in January 1866. John Eaton was the chief editor and his brother Lucian worked as assistant editor.{{cite journal|last=Smith|first=L. Glenn|date=September 1976|title=Winner of First Prize, Kappan Bicentennial Essay Contest: A Centennial Perspective on American Education|journal=The Phi Delta Kappan|publisher=Phi Delta Kappa International|volume=58|issue=1, A Special Bicentennial Issue|pages=139–143|jstor=20298489}} The paper was unable to receive high advertising revenue due to its support for civil rights and most of its subscribers were poor, so it discontinued publication after four years. In its four years of publication, the newspaper's name was changed four times. From January 15, 1866, to February 10, 1866, the newspaper was published as the Memphis Morning Post.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053501/|title=About Memphis morning post. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1866-1866|work=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 October 2012}} From February 11, 1866, to February 25, 1866, the paper was published as the Memphis Post.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95061043/|title=About Memphis post. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1866-1866|work=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 October 2012}} For a majority of its publication from February 27, 1866, to April 25, 1868, it was published as the Memphis Daily Post.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025719/|title=About Memphis daily post. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1866-1868|work=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 October 2012}} It was called the Memphis Evening Post from April 27, 1868, to September 11, 1869, when it ceased publication.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071117/|title=About Memphis evening post. (Memphis [Tenn.]) 1868-1869|work=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 October 2012}}

The paper was moderately Republican and was focused on equality. The paper offered support for the Alaska Purchase, stating that it would allow the United States to grow its commerce in the Pacific.{{cite journal|last=Welch|first=Richard E.|date=December 1958|title=American Public Opinion and the Purchase of Russian America|journal=American Slavic and East European Review|publisher=Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies|volume=17|issue=4|pages=481–494|jstor=3001132|doi=10.2307/3001132}}

From February 17, 1866, to December 23, 1869, Eaton published a weekly version of the paper called the Memphis Weekly Post.{{cite web|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071160/|title=About Memphis weekly post. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1866-1869|work=Chronicling America|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=26 October 2012}}

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