American Apollo Explained

The American Apollo (January 6, 1792 - December 25, 1794) was a newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 18th century, featuring "political and commercial intelligence, and other entertaining matter."^[1] It was issued by printer Joseph Belknap,^[2] along with Alexander Young^[3] (as "Belknap & Young," January–May 1792) and Thomas Hall^[4] (as "Belknap & Hall," May 1792-July 1794)^{[5] [6]} on State Street.^{[7] [8]} In 1792, the newly formed Massachusetts Historical Society's "collections were at first published in ... the American Apollo. "^{[9] [10]} The newspaper ceased in December 1794.

Further reading

• J.T. Buckingham. Specimens of Newspaper Literature: with Personal Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Reminiscences. Boston: Redding & Co., 1852; p. 147+
• Clarence Brigham. "Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820 Part III: Maryland to Massachusetts(Boston)" Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society April 1915; p. 193-194.

Notes and References

1. "Proposal of J.Belknap & A. Young for printing a weekly paper to be entitled the American Apollo." The Argus, Nov. 25, 1791
2. WorldCat. Belknap, Joseph 1769-1800
3. WorldCat. Young, Alexander 1768?-1834
4. WorldCat. Hall, Thomas d. 1798
5. Library of Congress. American Apollo, w., Jan. 6, 1792-Dec. 25, 1794.
6. Brigham. 1915; p.193.
7. A Genuine and Correct Account of the Captivity, Sufferings & Deliverance of Mrs. Jemima Howe. Boston: Belknap & Young, 1792.
8. The Hapless Orphan. Boston: Belknap & Hall, 1793.
9. Winsor. Memorial History of Boston, v.3. 1882; p.635.
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=c7oUAAAAYAAJ Correspondence between Jeremy Belknap and Ebenezer Hazard