List of defunct Massachusetts newspapers

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2020)

Newspapers published in Assonet, Massachusetts:

• Village Voice^{[citation needed]}

Newspapers published in Boston, Massachusetts:

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

• The Argus^[1]
• The Boston Chronicle^[1]
• Boston Courier, 1824–1915
• The Boston Daily Advertiser, 1862^[2]
• The Boston Evening-Post, 1735–1775^[1]
• Boston Evening Transcript, 1830–1941^[3]
• The Boston Evening-post: and the General Advertiser^[1]
• The Boston Gazette^[1]
• Boston Gazette, Commercial and Political^[1]
• The Boston Journal  ^[4]
• The Boston News-Letter^[1]
• The Boston Post, 1831–1956^[5]
• The Boston Post-Boy, 1734–1754, 1757–1775^[1]
• The Boston Post-boy & Advertiser^[1]
• The Boston Price Current and Marine Intelligencer^[1]
• The Boston Phoenix
• The Boston Record, 1884–1961^[6]
• The Boston Transcript
• Boston Traveler, 1845–1967^[7]
• The Boston Weekly Advertiser^[1]
• The Boston Weekly News-letter^[1]
• Boston Weekly News-letter^[1]
• The Boston Weekly Post-boy^[1]

• The Censor^[1]
• The Columbian Centinel^[1]
• The Commercial Bulletin, 1859-1990^[8]
• The Constitutional Telegraph^[1]
• Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser^[1]
• The Courier^[1]
• The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette and Universal Advertiser^[1]
• The Courier. Boston Evening Gazette, and General Advertiser^[1]
• The Courier and General Advertiser^[1]
• Courier de Boston: affiches, announces, et avis^[1][9][10]
• Editorial Humor
• The Evening Post; and the General Advertiser^[1]
• The Exchange Advertiser^[1]
• Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser^[1]
• Federal Gazette and General Advertiser^[1]

• Federal Orrery^[1]
• Green & Russells Boston Post-boy & Advertiser^[1]
• The Herald of Freedom^[1]
• The Independent Advertiser^[1]
• Independent Chronicle^[1]
• The Independent Ledger and the American Advertiser^[1]
• J. Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political^[1]
• The Liberator, 1831–1865, abolitionist^[1]
• The Massachusetts Centinel^[1]
• The Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal^[1]
• The Massachusetts Gazette^[1]
• The Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-letter^[1]
• The Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-boy and Advertiser^[1]
• The Massachusetts Gazette; and the Boston Weekly News-letter^[1]
• Massachusetts Mercury^[1]
• Massachusetts Spy^[1]
• The Mercury^[1]
• The Morning Chronicle; and the General Advertiser^[1]
• The New-England Chronicle^[1]
• The New-England Courant^[1]

• The New England Weekly Journal^[1]
• Nocturnal Mail.^[1]
• Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick
• Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser^[1]
• Polar-Star: Boston Daily Advertiser^[1]
• Russell's Gazette, Commercial and Political^[1]
• Saturday Evening Herald, and the Washington Gazette^[1]
• The Times, or, The Evening Entertainer^[1]
• The Weekly News-letter^[1]
• The Weekly Rehearsal^[1]

Newspapers published in Brookfield, Massachusetts:

• The Moral and Political Telegraphie, or, Brookfield Advertiser^[1]
• The Political Repository, or, Farmer's Journal^[1]
• The Worcester County Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser^[1]
• The Worcester Intelligencer, or, Brookfield Advertiser^[1]

Newspapers published in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

• Cambridge Chronicle^[11]
• The New-England Chronicle, or, The Essex Gazette^[1]

Newspapers published in Charlestown, Massachusetts:

• The American Recorder, and the Charlestown Advertiser^[1]

Newspapers published in Dedham, Massachusetts:

• Columbian Minerva^[1]
• Minerva^[1]

Newspapers published in Greenfield, Massachusetts:

• Greenfield Gazette^[1]
• Greenfield Gazette. A Register of Genuine Federalism^[1]
• Greenfield Gazette. An impartial Register of the Times^[1]
• Greenfield Gazette, or, Massachusetts and Vermont Telegraphe^[1]
• The Impartial Intelligencer^[1]

Newspapers published in Haverhill, Massachusetts:

• Guardian of Freedom^[1]
• Haverhill Federal Gazette^[1]
• Impartial Herald^[1]
• The Observer^[1]

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.;^[a] Greek language.^[29][30]
• Zeitgeist; German language.^[15]

Newspapers published in Leominster, Massachusetts:

• Political Focus^[1]
• The Rural Repository^[1]
• The Telescope, or American Herald^[1]

Newspapers published in Lowell, Massachusetts:

• The Lowell Courier^{[citation needed]}

• The Nantucket Beacon (weekly)

Newspapers published in New Bedford, Massachusetts:

• Columbian Courier^[1]
• The Medley, or, Newbedford Marine Journal^[1]

Newspapers published in Newburyport, Massachusetts:

• The Essex Journal^[1]
• The Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or, The Massachu-setts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser^[1]
• The Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet^[1]
• The Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser^[1]
• The Essex Journal, or, New-Hampshire Packet^[1]
• The Essex Journal, or, The Massachusetts and New-Hampshire general Advertiser^[1]
• The Essex Journal, or, The New-Hampshire Packet and the weekly Advertiser^[1]
• Impartial Herald^[1]
• The Morning Star^[1]
• The Newburyport Herald and Country Gazette^[1]
• Political Gazette^[1]

Newspapers published in Northampton, Massachusetts:

• Hampshire Gazette^[1]
• Patriotic Gazette^[1]

Newspapers published in Pittsfield, Massachusetts:

• Berkshire Chronicle^[1]
• Berkshire Chronicle, and the Massachusetts Intelligencer^[1]
• The Sun^[1]

Newspapers published in Plymouth, Massachusetts:

• The Plymouth Journal, and the Massachusetts Advertiser^[1]
• Plymouth Rock and County Advertiser^[31]

Newspapers published in Provincetown, Massachusetts:

• Provincetown Advocate^[32][33]

Newspapers published in Salem, Massachusetts:

• The American Gazette, or, The Constitutional Journal^[1]
• The Essex Gazette^[1]
• The Impartial Register^[1]
• The Salem Gazette^[1]
• The Salem Gazette, and General Advertiser^[1]
• The Salem Gazette, or, Newbury and Marblehead Advertiser^[1]
• The Salem Impartial Register^[1]
• The Salem Mercury^[1]
• The Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral^[1]

Newspapers published in Springfield, Massachusetts:

• Federal Spy^[1]
• The Federal Spy and Springfield Advertiser^[1]
• Hampshire and Berkshire Chronicle^[1]
• The Hampshire Chronicle^[1]
• The Hampshire Herald^[1]
• The Hampshire Herald, or, The Weekly Advertiser^[1]
• The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The General Advertiser^[1]
• The Massachusetts Gazette, or, The Springfield and North-ampton weekly Advertiser^[1]

Newspapers published in Stockbridge, Massachusetts:

• Andrews's Western Star^[1]
• The Western Star^[1]

Newspapers published in Taunton, Massachusetts:

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

Newspapers published in Watertown, Massachusetts:

• The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal^[1]

Newspapers published in Worcester, Massachusetts:

• American Herald, and the Worcerster Recorder^[1]
• Haswell's Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty^[1]
• The Independent Gazetteer^[1]
• The Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty^[1]
• Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, the Worcester Gazette^[1]
• Worcester Evening Gazette^[38][39]
• Worcester Telegram^[40]
• The Worcester Transcript

• List of current newspapers in Massachusetts

• Mary F. Ayer; Albert Matthews (1907), Check-list of Boston newspapers, 1704-1780, Colonial Society of Massachusetts
• "Historical Newspapers", The Official Website of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance, The State of Massachusetts Government
• Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
• O. M. Dickerson (1951). "British Control of American Newspapers on the Eve of the Revolution". The New England Quarterly. 24 (4): 453–468. doi:10.2307/361338. JSTOR 361338.
• Charles E. Clark (1991). "Boston and the Nurturing of Newspapers: Dimensions of the Cradle, 1690-1741". The New England Quarterly. 64 (2): 243–271. doi:10.2307/366123. JSTOR 366123.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Newspapers of Massachusetts.

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