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small semi-monthly sheet, printed at the Observer office, foi' 

 the Kev. A. G. Comings, for two years from Jan. 1, 1841. — 

 It was a religious paper, as its title indicates. Mr. Comings 

 was a preacher of the Campbellite faith, and had a society in a 

 room on Washington street opposite the Court House. 



29. The Christian Teacher. This was substantially 

 the same publication as the " Genius of Christianity," contain- 

 ing, as it did, the same matter as that sheet, thrown into a 

 quarto form, once a month, for circulation through the mail. 

 It was issued during the year 1842. The printers and editor 

 were of course the same. 



30. "The Locomotive, an Independent Journal." In 

 April, 1842, William H. Perley commenced a weekly paper in 

 Lynn, entitled " The Locomotive," which was removed to 

 Central building, Salem, Dec. 17, 1842, and published here on 

 Saturday, until July 8, 1843 — about six months. A few 

 numbers in February were published semi-weekly, on a dimin- 

 utive sheet. From May 13, it was published by Perley and 

 Whittier. It was humorous and miscellaneous in its character. 



31. Essex County Washingtonian. This paper was 

 printed in Lynn, by Christopher Robinson, and was published 

 in Lynn and Salem, on Thursday, during a portion of the year 

 1842. Its connection with Salem was brief and merely nom- 

 inal. It was one of the earliest of the numerous temperance 

 periodicals which sprang up at the time of the Washingtonian, 

 or moral suasion, movement. The editor at one time was the 

 Rev. David H. Barlow, of Lynn. 



32. Salem Washingtonian. This paper, like the pre- 

 ceding one, had only a nominal connection with our city. It was 

 printed in Boston, by J. B. Hall, published by Theodore Ab- 

 bott, and edited by Charles W. Denison. Its Salem office was 

 in Washington Hall, (then permanently occupied by a temper- 

 ance society) whence it was circulated on Saturday, for a short 

 time, in 1843, commencing July 8. It soon afterwards assum- 

 ed the title " New England Washingtonian," and was published 

 in Boston under that name for several years. 



33. Independent Democrat. A division existed in the 

 democratic party in 1843, which led to the establishment of a 

 weekly paper here to sustain David Pingree as a candidate for 

 Congress against Robert Rantoul, jr. It was entitled "In- 

 dependent Democrat;" was commenced March 6, and continued 

 for a few weeks only. Wm. H. Perley was the printer. 



34. The Voice of the People. In 1843, May 7, Syl- 



