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Monday evening, from the Washington Hall building, No. 2, 

 Court street. Price '$2. The paper ^vas designed to be a liter- 

 ary and miscellaneous sheet, esche\Ying party politics, — a char- 

 acter Avhich it has maintained until the present time. It Was 

 edited by Benj. Lynde Oliver, Esq., during the first year. 

 After the fifth number, the time of publication was changed to 

 Saturday evening, Avhich arrangement continued for twenty-two 

 numbers, and then Saturday morning became the time of pub- 

 lication, and so continues now. At the commencement of vol. 

 2, 1824, the title was changed to "Salem Observer," and at 

 the same time Joseph G. Waters, Esq. became editor, as suc- 

 cessor to Mr. Oliver. At the conclusion of the year, Mr. Waters 

 withdrew from the responsibility of the paper, but continued to 

 be a contributor for several years afterwards. In 1825, Jan. 

 15, the name was enlarged to " Salem Literary and Commer- 

 cial Observer," and this was borne until January 3, 1829, when 

 the title " Salem Observer" was resumed. 



The printing office was removed, Nov. 25, 1826, from its 

 original location, to "Messrs. P. & A. Chase's new brick building 

 in Washington street." There it remained until 1832, Feb. 4, 

 when it was again removed to its present quarters in Stearns's 

 building. In 1837, Jan. 7, Mr. George W. Pease, who had 

 served his apprenticeship in the office, was admitted to the 

 partnership, and in 1839, Jan. 5, Mr. Stephen B. Ives with- 

 drew, leaving the firm of Ives and Pease. 



The Observer has from the begining "pursued the even tenor 

 of its way," as a well-established family newspaper, experienc- 

 ing fewer changes of fortune than some papers we have men- 

 tioned, and therefore affording fewer incidents " to make a note 

 of" At the termination of Mr. Waters' s editorship, Solomon 

 S. Whipple became a regular contributor to its columns, and 

 afterwards Wilson Elagg, Rev. E. M. Stone, Edwin Jocelyn, 

 Stephen B. Ives, jr., and the writer of the present notice. 



16. Salem Courier. In 1828, September 17, Charles 

 Amburger Andrew began a weekly paper, the "Salem Courier," 

 which was published on Wednesday, at $3, from an office in 

 the East India Marine Hall building. It proclaimed itself 

 "strictly independent," a supporter of Adams's administration, 

 an opponent of the tariff, etc. It became however a theological 

 rather than a political paper, and was a zealous antagonist of 

 the doctrines of Calvinism. Its editor was a pleasant and 

 humorous writer, and had able correspondents. But the paper 

 was continued for only one year. Mr, Andrews was a member 



