Morning Post
Jump to contentThe Morning Post contained local and foreign news, commercial, fishing and shipping news, legislative proceedings and advertisements. The editorials were politically neutral, stressing the need for local improvements such as the telegraph, "steam communication with the mother country", a volunteer fire brigade and the establishment of the Newfoundland Building and Investment Society. The Post "conscientiously abstained from the intermeddling with the vexed political disputes and religious dissentions" which characterized many of the papers of the time. (Mar. 29, 1862) Ward, who continued to publish the Commercial Journal, closed the Post down because the journal "seems not suited to the present conditions ... and there is a superabundant supply of papers" (Mar. 29, 1862).
Editor-Publisher:
Editor: William J. Ward, 1843-Mar. 29, 1845
Publisher: Joseph Woods, 1843-Mar. 29, 1845
Editor, publisher, and proprietor: William J. Ward, May 2, 1846-1862.
Information:
Place of publication: St. John's.
Dates of publication: June 13, 1843-Mar. 29, 1862.
Frequency:
3 per week, June 13, 1843-1849.
3 per week and daily (except Sunday) during the session of the Legislature when there are proceedings for publication, Feb.-May 16, 1850.
3 per week, May 18, 1850-1856.
Semiweekly, 1859-Aug. 7, 1860.
Daily (except Sunday), Aug. 9-Oct. 16, 1860.
Semiweekly, Oct. 20, 1860-Mar. 29, 1862.
Title varies:
Morning Post and Shipping Gazette, 1843-Aug. 7, 1860.
Morning Post and Daily Advertiser, Aug. 9-Oct. 16, 1860.
Morning Post and Shipping Gazette, Oct. 20, 1860-Mar. 29, 1862.
Errata
Issues missing or not published:
1843 Jun 15, 20, 22, Sep 12, Oct 5, Nov 23
1844 Dec 21
1846 May 9, Jun 9-25, 30, Jul 2, 11
1847 No microfilm reel
1848 Jan 27, Feb 8, Mar 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, Apr 6, May 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, Jun 3, 6, Jul 18, Sep 2, Oct 14
1849 Jan 27, Feb 5, 6, 7, 20, 23, 27, Mar 1, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, Jun 30, Aug 1, Dec 1
1850 Jul, 20, Aug 22, Sep 10, Oct 3, Dec 14, 19
1851 Jan 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 16, 25, 28. Jun 10, Oct 14, 22, Nov 20, 23, Dec 23
1852 No Paper
1855 Feb 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, Mar 3, 15, 17, 27, 31, Apr 19, May 3, 19, 26, 31, Jun 16, 23, 26, Jul 10, 14, 26, Aug 4, 9, 11, 28, Sep 1, 20
1857 Not Published
1858 Not Published
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