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11-547: The Advertiser was established in early March 1813. It was published by William W. Clapp and edited by Horatio Biglow; in March 1814, it was purchased by journalist Nathan Hale . Hale was its chief editor until his death in 1863. Under Hale's supervision, the paper was first Federalist in politics, then Whig , and finally Republican , and it became very influential. It opposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and

22-476: The Advertiser . After Hayes the Advertiser was acquired by former Massachusetts House of Representatives Speaker and Massachusetts's 7th district Congressman William Emerson Barrett who published the Advertiser until his death on February 12, 1906. The paper was purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1917, became an illustrated tabloid in 1921, and ceased publication in 1929. Hearst continued using

33-610: The Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, and was the first paper to recommend the free colonization of Kansas . The principle of editorial responsibility, as distinct from that of individual contributions, was established in its columns. From 1841 until 1853, Hale's son Nathan Hale Jr., was associated with his father in the editorial management of the paper. In 1832 the Advertiser took over control of The Boston Patriot , and then in 1840 it took over and absorbed The Boston Gazette . In 1885 Elihu B. Hayes took over control of

44-945: The Neck and the South Cove. His alliance to the Federalist Party continued until its dissolution, after which Hale sided with the Whig Party and eventually the Republican Party . He opposed the Missouri Compromise , the Kansas-Nebraska Bill , and Scott v. Sanford . Hale served in the Massachusetts State Legislature . In 1819, Hale was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He

55-670: The family to Boston. Hale's brother became the politician Edward Everett while she married lawyer Nathan Hale and with him published the Boston Daily Advertiser. Hales bore eleven children, though only seven survived infancy. They included the writers Lucretia Peabody Hale and Edward Everett Hale , the artist Susan Hale and politician Charles Hale . Her diaries are in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College . Hale's common place books contain her translations, poems and stories. Hale also created

66-470: The name Advertiser for its Sunday paper until the early 1970s. [REDACTED] Texts on Wikisource: Nathan Hale (journalist) Nathan Hale (16 August 1784 – 9 February 1863) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher who introduced regular editorial comment as a newspaper feature. Born in Westhampton, Massachusetts , Hale graduated from Williams College in 1804, and then

77-478: The practicability of railroads, on canals, and other topics. He married Sarah Preston Everett (sister of Edward Everett ) in 1816. Their children included Sarah Everett Hale, Nathan Hale, Jr. (12 November 1818 in Boston - 9 January 1871), Lucretia Peabody Hale , Edward Everett Hale , Charles Hale , Alexander Hale, and Susan Hale . Nathan Sr. was also the nephew of Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale . Hale

88-658: Was a tutor for two years at Phillips Exeter Academy . He moved to Boston , where he was admitted to the bar in 1810, and practiced law for four years. He began to co-edit The Weekly Messenger in 1813 and founded the Boston Daily Advertiser that same year, serving as editor and publisher until his death in 1863. Hale was one of the founders of the North American Review in 1815 and the Christian Examiner in 1823. In 1842, he

99-596: Was also an active member of the Massachusetts Historical Society . He published a map of New England in 1825, and a series of stereotype maps on a plan of his own invention in 1830, being the first maps with names printed in page with type made by the founders. He also published Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention (Boston, 1821), and numerous pamphlets on

110-575: Was asked by the firm of Bradbury, Soden and Company to suggest an editor for a new monthly magazine they were planning to publish, The Boston Miscellany ; Hale named his 21-year-old son, Nathan Hale, Jr., as its founding editor. Hale was active in promoting industrial improvement, especially the Boston and Albany Railroad and diverting the Lake Cochituate for potable water in the Back Bay,

121-670: Was the maternal uncle of Otis Clapp , who started his career working for Hale at the Boston Daily Advertiser . Sarah Preston Hale Sarah Preston Everett Hale (5 September 1796 – 14 November 1866) was an American diarist, translator, columnist and newspaper publisher. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1796 Sarah Preston Everett was the daughter of the Reverend Oliver Everett and Lucy Hill. When Hale's father died in 1802, her mother moved

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