Nathan Hale (1784 – 1863) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher who introduced regular editorial comment as a newspaper feature.[1]
Life and career
Born in Westhampton, Massachusetts, Hale graduated from Williams College in 1804 and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He began to co-edit The Weekly Messenger in 1813 and founded the Boston Daily Advertiser that same year, serving as editor and publisher until his death in 1863. Hale was one of the founders of the North American Review in 1815 and the Christian Examiner in 1823. He was active in promoting industrial improvement, especially the Boston and Albany Railroad and diverting the Lake Cochituate for potable water in the Back Bay, the Neck and the South Cove.[2]
His alliance to the Federalist Party continued until its dissolution, after which Hale sided with the Whig Party and eventually the Republican Party. He opposed the Missouri Compromise and Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Hale served in the Massachusetts State Legislature.
He was the nephew of executed spy Nathan Hale, and his son was orator and statesman Edward Everett Hale.
References
- ^ Colby, Frank Moore; Talcott Williams; Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922). The New International Encyclopedia. Dodd, Mead and company
- ^ The Century (1885). Edward Everett Hale. The Century Co., Volume 29, p. 339
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