The Southern Religious Telegraph was a newspaper published in Richmond, Virginia from 1830-1839. It was a Presbyterian newspaper.[1]
John Kendrick Converse edited the paper. He went on to become a pastor and years alter after being dismissed served as principal of [[Burlington Female Seminary in Vermont.[2]
It was preceded by the Visitor and Telegraph. Rev. Amasa Converse was a Presbyterian minister who moved south, took over two papers, and established the Southern Religious Telegraph.[3] It was succeeded by the Christian Observer.[4]
Converse, "The Christian Observer" and Civil War Censorship[5]
A letter by W. Atkinson regarding his position on abolitionism ran in the paper.[6]
The Watchman of the South opposed it.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Southern Religious Telegraph (Richmond, Va.) 1830-1839". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "Converse, John Kendrick, 1801-1880 | Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts". archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu.
- ^ Longley, Max (August 22, 2022). "Amasa Converse, the minister who fled South after the Lincoln administration suppressed his Philadelphia newspaper (cameo appearance by Edgar Allan Poe), Part One".
- ^ a b "Religious Newspapers and Presidential Politics, 1840–1848".
- ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/23327636
- ^ Kneebone, John T. "W. Atkinson (1796–1849)". Encyclopedia Virginia.