The Press also gave extra attention to maritime news and printed lists of ships in port.
It served as the local paper of record, carrying marriages, deaths, public notices, court news, letters to the editor, as well as market and commercial news, all for $5.00 per annum. The Portland Daily Press kept its readers abreast of Civil War news and specifically how the Maine Regiments were faring. It stood out among them for its gave its "earnest, cordial and generous support to the administration of Abraham Lincoln, who in little more than one year, has indelibly impressed himself upon the nation's heart as an incorruptible patriot, and inflexible Chief Magistrate, and an honest man."
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will neither apologize for an evil which constitutes the foulest blot upon our national character, nor attempt to resist the tide of events that seems destined to sweep from existence an institution which is the greatest anomaly in a free government.Īlong with the Portland Daily Advertiser (1848-66) and the Daily Eastern Argus (1863-1921), the Press was one of three dailies published in Portland in the 1860s. Upon the exciting question of Domestic Slavery. It vigorously endorsed abolitionism as well. In its inaugural issue, the paper threw its support behind the Republican Party and its principles, heartily endorsing its candidates. By 1870, it was owned by the Portland Publishing Company. The Portland Daily Press was a simple four-page sheet. Foster, formerly of the Portland Transcript. Hall of the Aroostook Herald and Newell A. Gilman, formerly of the Bath Daily Morning Times Joseph B. It was started by experienced newspapermen, John T. The Portland Daily Press was founded on June 26, 1862, 14 months after the Civil War began. Over 40 newspapers, many political, were printed in Portland in the years between statehood and the Civil War. (Portland, Me.) 191?-19?īefore the state of Maine split from Massachusetts in 1820, Portland was the home of Maine's first newspaper, the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser.
Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.Also issued on microfilm from the Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.Dates of publication: 1862-1921 Description:
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