List of defunct Massachusetts newspapers

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

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List of defunct newspapers

Assonet

Newspapers published in Assonet, Massachusetts:

Boston

Newspapers published in Boston, Massachusetts:

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The Argus (Boston), 1791
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The Censor (Boston), 1772
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Federal Orrery (Boston), 1794
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New England Courant (Boston), 1721
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New England Weekly Journal (Boston), 1727

Brookfield

Newspapers published in Brookfield, Massachusetts:

Cambridge

Newspapers published in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

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New England Chronicle (Cambridge), January 4, 1776

Charlestown

Newspapers published in Charlestown, Massachusetts:

Dedham

Newspapers published in Dedham, Massachusetts:

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Columbian Minerva (Dedham), 1799

Greenfield

Newspapers published in Greenfield, Massachusetts:

Haverhill

Newspapers published in Haverhill, Massachusetts:

Holyoke

Newspapers published in Holyoke, Massachusetts:

Leominster

Newspapers published in Leominster, Massachusetts:

Leominster

Newspapers published in Lowell, Massachusetts:

Nantucket

New Bedford

Newspapers published in New Bedford, Massachusetts:

Newburyport

Newspapers published in Newburyport, Massachusetts:

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Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet (Newburyport), 1773

Northampton

Newspapers published in Northampton, Massachusetts:

Pittsfield

Newspapers published in Pittsfield, Massachusetts:

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Berkshire Chronicle (Pittsfield), 1788

Plymouth

Newspapers published in Plymouth, Massachusetts:

Provincetown

Newspapers published in Provincetown, Massachusetts:

Salem

Newspapers published in Salem, Massachusetts:

Springfield

Newspapers published in Springfield, Massachusetts:

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Federal Spy (Springfield), 1792

Stockbridge

Newspapers published in Stockbridge, Massachusetts:

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Western Star (Stockbridge), 1789

Taunton

Newspapers published in Taunton, Massachusetts:

Watertown

Newspapers published in Watertown, Massachusetts:

Worcester

Newspapers published in Worcester, Massachusetts:

See also

Notes

  1. Not to be confused with other publications and broadcasting of that name, published by the New England Greek-American Publishing Company, of South Holyoke.

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