Edward Eveleth Powars was a printer in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century. He published the Independent Chronicle (1776–c.1779),[1][2] the Boston Evening-Post (1781–1784),[3] the American Herald (1784–1790), and The Argus. He worked with Nathaniel Willis as "Powars & Willis."[4]
In 1781 he kept his printing-office in Boston, at "the lower end of State-Street, over Mr. Simon Eliot's snuff-store".[5] He moved to Worcester in 1788, "having been humiliatingly neglected ... for printing a free paper".[6] By 1791 he had returned to Boston.[7] Around 1796 he lived on Temple Street.[8]
Around 1803 he worked "as a compositor in the office of Samuel Etheridge, in Charlestown".[9] In 1813 "he held the office of Messenger to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth."[10][11]
He later became a traveling bookseller. He died on an expedition to the Western States.[10]
References
edit- ^ Library of Congress. Independent Chronicle, w., Sept. 19–Oct. 31, 1776.
- ^ Library of Congress. The Independent Chronicle. And the Universal Advertiser, w., s.w., Nov. 7, 1776–Dec. 29, 1800+
- ^ Library of Congress. The Boston Evening-Post: and the General Advertiser, w., Oct. 20, 1781–Jan. 10, 1784.
- ^ Boston News Letter, and City Record, Sept. 23, 1826.
- ^ Boston Evening Post, Dec. 8, 1781.
- ^ New Hampshire Spy, Sept. 16, 1788.
- ^ Herald of Freedom, July 1, 1791.
- ^ Boston Directory, 1796.
- ^ Joseph Tinker Buckingham. Specimens of Newspaper Literature: with personal memoirs, anecdotes, and reminiscences, Volume 1. Redding and Co., 1852. Google books
- ^ a b Buckingham. 1852
- ^ Resolves of the General Court of the commonwealth of Massachusetts passed at the sessions, in October 1812, and January 1813 published agreeably to a resolve of January 11, 1812.
External links
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- WorldCat. Powars, Edward Eveleth