List of defunct Massachusetts newspapers explained

This is a list of defunct newspapers in Massachusetts, including print and online.

List of defunct newspapers

Assonet

Newspapers published in Assonet, Massachusetts:

• Village Voice

Boston

Newspapers published in Boston, Massachusetts:

• American Apollo^[1]
• The American Herald
• The American Journal, and Suffolk Intelligencer

• The Argus
• The Boston Chronicle
• Boston Courier, 1824–1915
• The Boston Daily Advertiser, 1862^[2]
• The Boston Evening-Post, 1735–1775
• Boston Evening Transcript, 1830–1941^[3]
• The Boston Evening-post: and the General Advertiser
• The Boston Gazette
• Boston Gazette, Commercial and Political
• The Boston Journal  ^[4]
• The Boston News-Letter
• The Boston Post, 1831–1956^[5]
• The Boston Post-Boy, 1734–1754, 1757–1775
• The Boston Post-boy & Advertiser
• The Boston Price Current and Marine Intelligencer
• The Boston Phoenix
• The Boston Record, 1884–1961^[6]
• The Boston Transcript
• Boston Traveler, 1845–1967^[7]
• The Boston Weekly Advertiser
• The Boston Weekly News-letter
• Boston Weekly News-letter
• The Boston Weekly Post-boy

• The Censor
• The Columbian Centinel
• The Commercial Bulletin, 1859-1990^[8]
• The Constitutional Telegraph
• Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser
• The Courier
• The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette and Universal Advertiser
• The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette, and General Advertiser
• The Courier and General Advertiser
• Courier de Boston: affiches, announces, et avis^{[9] [10]}
• Editorial Humor
• The Evening Post; and the General Advertiser
• The Exchange Advertiser
• Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser
• Federal Gazette and General Advertiser

• Federal Orrery
• Green & Russells Boston Post-boy & Advertiser
• The Herald of Freedom
• The Independent Advertiser
• Independent Chronicle
• The Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser
• J. Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political
• The Liberator, 1831–1865, abolitionist
• The Massachusetts Centinel
• The Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal
• The Massachusetts Gazette
• The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-letter
• The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-boy and Advertiser
• The Massachusetts Gazette; and the Boston Weekly News-letter
• Massachusetts Mercury
• Massachusetts Spy
• The Mercury
• The Morning Chronicle; and the General Advertiser
• The New-England Chronicle
• The New-England Courant

• The New England Weekly Journal
• Nocturnal Mail.
• Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick
• Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser
• Polar-Star: Boston Daily Advertiser
• Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political
• Saturday Evening Herald, and the Washington Gazette
• The Times, or, The Evening Entertainer
• The Weekly News-letter
• The Weekly Rehearsal

Brookfield

Newspapers published in Brookfield, Massachusetts:

• The Moral and Political Telegraphie, or, Brookfield Advertiser
• The Political Repository, or, Farmer's Journal
• The Worcester County Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser
• The Worcester Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser

Cambridge

Newspapers published in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

• Cambridge Chronicle^[11]
• The New-England Chronicle, or, The Essex Gazette

Charlestown

Newspapers published in Charlestown, Massachusetts:

• The American Recorder, and the Charlestown Advertiser

Dedham

Newspapers published in Dedham, Massachusetts:

• Columbian Minerva
• Minerva

Greenfield

Newspapers published in Greenfield, Massachusetts:

• Greenfield Gazette
• Greenfield Gazette. A Register of Genuine Federalism
• Greenfield Gazette. An impartial Register of the Times
• Greenfield Gazette, or, Massachusetts and Vermont Telegraphe
• The Impartial Intelligencer

Haverhill

Newspapers published in Haverhill, Massachusetts:

• Guardian of Freedom
• Haverhill Federal Gazette
• Impartial Herald
• The Observer

Holyoke

Newspapers published in Holyoke, Massachusetts:

• The Artisan^[12]
• Courrier de Holyoke; French language.^{[13] [14]}
• Der Beobachter; German language, merged into Neu England Rundschau.^[15]
• Die Biene; German language.^[16]
• Gwiazda; Polish language.^[17]
• Holyoke Democrat.^{[18] [19]}
• Holyoke Free Press.^{[20] [21]}
• Holyoke Journal; German language, merged into Neu England Rundschau.^[15]
• Holyoke Transcript-Telegram^[22]
• Holyoke Weekly Mirror^{[23] [24]}
• L'Annexioniste; French language.^[14]
• La Justice; French language.
• La Nueva Era; Spanish language.^[25]
• La Presse; French language.^[14]
• La Vérité, French language.^[14]
• Le Défenseur; French language.^[14]
• Le Progrès, French language.^[14]
• Le Ralliement; French language.^{[26] [27]}
• Neu England Rundschau; German language.^{[15] [28]}
• Teutonia; German language.^[15]
• Voice of Greece.; Greek language.^{[29] [30]}
• Zeitgeist; German language.^[15]

Leominster

Newspapers published in Leominster, Massachusetts:

• Political Focus
• The Rural Repository
• The Telescope, or American Herald

Leominster

Newspapers published in Lowell, Massachusetts:

• The Lowell Courier

Nantucket

• The Nantucket Beacon (weekly)

New Bedford

Newspapers published in New Bedford, Massachusetts:

• Columbian Courier
• The Medley, or, Newbedford Marine Journal

Newburyport

Newspapers published in Newburyport, Massachusetts:

• The Essex Journal
• The Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or, The Massachu-setts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser
• The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet
• The Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser
• The Essex Journal, or, New-Hampshire Packet
• The Essex Journal, or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser
• The Essex Journal, or, The New-Hampshire Packet and the weekly Advertiser
• Impartial Herald
• The Morning Star
• The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette
• Political Gazette

Northampton

Newspapers published in Northampton, Massachusetts:

• Hampshire Gazette
• Patriotic Gazette

Pittsfield

Newspapers published in Pittsfield, Massachusetts:

• Berkshire Chronicle
• Berkshire Chronicle, and the Massachusetts Intelligencer
• The Sun

Plymouth

Newspapers published in Plymouth, Massachusetts:

• The Plymouth Journal, and the Massachusetts Advertiser
• Plymouth Rock and County Advertiser^[31]

Provincetown

Newspapers published in Provincetown, Massachusetts:

• Provincetown Advocate^{[32] [33]}

Salem

Newspapers published in Salem, Massachusetts:

• The American Gazette, or, The Constitutional Journal
• The Essex Gazette
• The Impartial Register
• The Salem Gazette
• The Salem Gazette, and General Advertiser
• The Salem Gazette, or, Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser
• The Salem Impartial Register
• The Salem Mercury
• The Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral

Springfield

Newspapers published in Springfield, Massachusetts:

• Federal Spy
• The Federal Spy and Springfield Advertiser
• Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle
• The Hampshire Chronicle
• The Hampshire Herald
• The Hampshire Herald, or, The Weekly Advertiser
• The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The General Advertiser
• The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The Springfield and North-ampton weekly Advertiser

Stockbridge

Newspapers published in Stockbridge, Massachusetts:

• Andrews's Western Star
• The Western Star

Taunton

Newspapers published in Taunton, Massachusetts:

• The Taunton Democrat^[34]
• Union Gazette and Democrat^[35]
• Taunton Weekly Gazette^[36]
• The Household Gazette^[37]

Watertown

Newspapers published in Watertown, Massachusetts:

• The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal

Worcester

Newspapers published in Worcester, Massachusetts:

• American Herald, and the Worcerster Recorder
• Haswell's Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty
• The Independent Gazetteer
• The Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty
• Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, the Worcester Gazette
• Worcester Evening Gazette^{[38] [39]}
• Worcester Telegram^[40]
• The Worcester Transcript

See also

• List of current newspapers in Massachusetts

Further reading

• • • Book: Van Ness Ingram, John . 1912 . A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress . U.S. Government Printing Office . 2010-10-21 .
• O. M. Dickerson . British Control of American Newspapers on the Eve of the Revolution . The New England Quarterly . 24 . 4 . 1951 . 453–468 . 10.2307/361338 . 361338 .
• Charles E. Clark . Boston and the Nurturing of Newspapers: Dimensions of the Cradle, 1690-1741 . The New England Quarterly . 64 . 2 . 1991 . 243–271 . 10.2307/366123 . 366123 .

External links

• Web site: Newspapers . Boston Public Library .
• Web site: Newspaper Directories . Boston Public Library . https://web.archive.org/web/20130508110912/https://www.bpl.org/online/newspaper_directories.htm . May 8, 2013 . (Includes links to online versions of historic directories such as Pettingill's, Rowell's, Hubbard's, etc.)
• Web site: Massachusetts Newspapers . Library Research Guides . Joseph P. Healey Library . University of Massachusetts Boston .
• Web site: Journalism Research at Northeastern University Libraries: News . Subject Guides . Northeastern University Libraries . Northeastern University . Boston, MA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120704224055/http://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/content.php?pid=10603&sid=72387 . 2012-07-04 .
• Web site: Massachusetts newspapers . (Publisher?) . NewsLink.org . (Location?) .
• Web site: Guide to Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes: US Newspaper Sources By State: Massachusetts . Harvard Library . Research Guides . Harvard University . Cambridge, MA .
• Web site: Directory of New England Newspapers . New England Newspaper and Press Association. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120719084102/http://www.nenpa.com/story/new-england-newspapers . 2012-07-19 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010-10-20 . Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Massachusetts . Library of Congress.
2. Book: Foner . Eric . The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery . 2010 . W. W. Norton & Company . 978-0-393-06618-0 . 4364.
3. News: About Boston evening transcript. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1872-1941 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
4. Book: Holzer . Harold . President Lincoln Assassinated . February 2015 . Library of America . 978-1598533736 . 445.
5. News: About Boston post. [volume] ([Boston, Mass.]) 1842-1956 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
6. News: About Daily record. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1929–1961 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
7. News: About The Boston traveler. (Boston [Mass.]) 1914–1967 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress (loc.gov).
8. Web site: About The commercial bulletin. (Boston, Mass.) 1859-1990 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress . Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov . 1990-03-23 . 2018-07-10.
9. Book: Thomas, Isaiah . 1874 . History of printing in America, 2nd ed. . 2010-10-21 .
10. Brigham . Clarence S. . April 1915 . Bibliography of American newspapers, 1690–1820: part 3: Maryland to Massachusetts (Boston) . Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society . 25 . 1 . 128–293 . 2010-10-21.
11. News: ‘It’s devastating.’ As Boston-area weeklies close, towns ponder civic life without local news. . 2022 . Boston Globe . June 5, 2023.
12. Web site: Item details for The Artisan. OCLC: 39719472; Vol. 1 no. 1 (Apr. 15, 1908) - v. 13, no. 34 (Nov. 26, 1920). U.S. Department of Labor Libraries.
13. News: Courrier d'Holyoke, parait le Jeudi de chaque semaine. Courrier de Holyoke. I. 11. December 17, 1874.
14. Book: The Franco-Americans Honor Holyoke's Historic Hundredth; Souvenir Program. The Franco-American Centennial Committee. Potvin. Vivian Rainault. Potvin. William H.. LaJustice Publishing Company. Holyoke, Mass.. June 1973. 21.
15. Book: Quelle & Meyer Publishers. Heidelberg. 1961. Arndt. Olson. May E.. German-American Newspapers and Periodicals, 1732–1955; history and bibliography. 207–208.
16. Book: The German-American Radical Press: The Shaping of a Left Political Culture. Elliott Shore. Ken Fones-Wolk. James P. Danky. James Philip Danky. 216. University of Illinois Press. Urbana and Chicago. 1992.
17. Book: Wepsiec, Jan. Polish American Serial Publications, 1842-1966. 59, 160. 1968. 433340.
18. Book: 1891. Warner . Charles F. . Johnson . Clifton . Picturesque Hampden . Picturesque Massachusetts Series . Part II - West . Northampton, Mass. . Picturesque Publishing Company . 148. 70679168 .
19. Book: The New England Business Directory and Gazetteer. 1922. Sampson & Murdoch Company.
20. News: [The Holyoke Free Press]. Beardstown Semi-Weekly Illinoian. October 27, 1893. 1. The Holyoke Free Press, Massachusetts, has abandoned the Democratic Party, and come out squarely for the Republican Party and protection, on account of the present depression, which it attributes to the Democratic victory.. Beardstown, Ill..
21. The American Printer. Newspaper Suspends. 53. January 20, 1918. Holyoke's weekly newspapers are reduced by one with the suspension of the Holyoke Free Press, until further notice..
22. Fiedler, Tom. "What Happens When a Community Loses its Newspaper?". CommonWealth magazine, Boston, Mass., November 3, 2011.
23. Web site: About Holyoke weekly mirror. Chronicling America. Library of Congress. August 17, 2020.
24. Book: 1902 . The Press of Holyoke . https://archive.org/stream/ourcountyitspeop01cope/#page/455/mode/2up . Copeland . Alfred Minot . "Our county and its people" : A history of Hampden County, Massachusetts . III . 455–461 . The Century Memorial Publishing Company . 5692695963 .
25. News: New paper speaks another language. https://web.archive.org/web/20100609030710/http://ourpluralhistory.stcc.edu/resources/primary/PuertoRicansnewspaper.pdf. dead. June 9, 2010. Springfield Technical Community College (STCC). Dias. Sandra. Holyoke Transcript-Telegram. Holyoke, Mass.. August 5, 1991. B1.
26. Book: E. Alden & Company Advertising. Cincinnati, O.. The Edwin Alden Co's American Newspaper Catalogue, Including Lists of All Newspapers and Magazines Published in the United States and the Canadas. X. 1886. 147. Edwin Alden.
27. Book: 843. A History of Quebec. [Gabriel Marchand, son of would-be Quebec Premier Félix-Gabriel Marchand]...founded a French paper called Le Ralliement, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, which he conducted successfully for about two years, when he returned to Canada to act as secretary to his father, who was at that time Speaker of the Quebec Legislative Assembly.. Sulte. David. Benjamin. Laurent-Olivier. Fryer. C. E.. 1908. Canada History Company. 2.
28. News: Two German-Language Papers Near Their End. Holyoke, June—The final issues of the New England Rundschau; a German language paper which has circulated in Western Massachusetts for the past 59 years, and the Staats-Zeitung, a similar paper circulating in Connecticut, are being published this week. They have been published by the Wisly Printing company. Victor Wisly said today that economic forces have worked adversely against the continuance of publication. June 26, 1942. 7. Springfield Republican. Springfield, Mass..
29. Book: N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory. 424. 1922.
30. News: Weddings: Angelopoulos—Christopoulos. ...in the presence of nearly 200 guests who came from Holyoke, Mass., New York, Danielson[, Conn.], Newar, N. J., Attleboro and Woburn, Mass...The couple were attended by Christ Bress, editor of the Greek weekly newspaper, The Voice of Greece, of Holyoke, Mass., who was best man. May 17, 1920. 6. Norwich, Conn.. Norwich Morning Bulletin.
31. Book: Plymouth Rock and County Advertiser . Library of Congress . 10 May 2017.
32. Web site: Provincetown Advocate (Provincetown, Mass.) 1870-Current . 2024-05-21 . Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
33. Web site: April 15, 2000 . After 131 years, a hometown newspaper prints its last issue . 2024-05-21 . Portsmouth Herald . en-US.
34. Web site: 2022-11-19 . The Taunton Democrat ([Taunton, Mass.]) 1850-1861 ]. Library of Congress.
35. Web site: 2022-11-19 . Union Gazette and Democrat (Taunton, Mass.) 1862-1874 . Library of Congress.
36. Web site: 2022-11-19 . Taunton Weekly Gazette (Taunton, Mass.) 1874-1878 . Library of Congress.
37. Web site: 2022-11-19 . The Household Gazette (Taunton, Mass.) 187?-1893 . Library of Congress.
38. Web site: Worcester Evening Gazette. Library of Congress. Catalog Record. 3 May 2018. Worcester, Mass. : S.B. Bartholomew & Co., 1866–1869.
39. Web site: The Evening gazette; 100 years—a consistent story. Catalog Record. Library of Congress. 3 May 2018. 22 June 1966.
40. Web site: Worcester Telegram. Catalog Record. Library of Congress. 3 May 2018. Worcester, Mass. : Telegram Newspaper Co., 1888–1989.