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The Boston Recorder was a Congregationalist newspaper established by Nathaniel Willis (Nathaniel Parker Willis's father) and Sidney E. Morse in 1816 in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] It published weekly newspapers from 1817 to 1824. [2] The paper primarily published religious news and accounts of missionary and other religious organizations, and it also published civic, agricultural, political news, and other topics. [1] It also published Nathaniel Parker Willis's biblical poems. [1] It merged with the Boston Telegraph to form the Boston Recorder and Telegraph. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 "Boston Recorder and Telegraph (Boston, Mass.) 1826-1827". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  2. 1 2 "Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 1817-1824". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2021-06-07.