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In the summer of 184 a number of journeymen printers, who had been connected with the Boston Daily Times, then published at No. 3 State street, conceired the idea of starting a morning paper of their own, and, in the follorving December, carried their design into execution. Their paper was called the American Eagle, and was published at KO. 5 Devonshire street, third door from State street, at three dollars a year and one cent per copy, by an association of practical writers, under the firm of Baker, French, harnlon B Co. The prorietors were announced to be Albert Baker, John A. French, George W. Harrnon, George H. Camphell, Ainos C. Clapp, J. 1. XIonroe, Justin Andrews, hugustus h. Wallace, and James D. Storvers and W. H. IVrrldron was also at one time associated with them. The Eagle, as its name indicated, was devoted to the interests of the Native American party, which was then a comparatively strong organization and among its first regular and occasiorml editorial contributors were Dr. Paliner, Gcorge W. Tyler, Alfred B. Ely, V. S. Damrull, Aloses Kimball, and other gentlemem prominent in the party. The paper was successful at first, but declined with the decline of the cause with which it was identified and, in the summer of its editorial and press rooms were in the old brick building on the corner of Wilsons lane now Devonshire street and Dock square, it was found to be quietly dying, in spite of the efforts of its publishers, consultations were held and, finally, it was decided that, as aboriginal principles did not pay, it was best to establish a new evening daily, neutral in politics, as a venture and, if it proved successful, to let the Eagle die, and grow the green offshoot over its grave to conmicnorate it. Thus the HERALD originated. Its founders mere Toung and sanguine then but, with all their hopes for the new enterprise, they never dreamed it would eventually become the leading daily of Serv England. They were advised by some of their friends that
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