The Daily Spy (Worcester [Mass.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
578 issues from 1845 to 1850, published in Worcester, Massachusetts, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Worcester Daily Spy was published in Worcester, Massachusetts from July 24, 1845 until May 31, 1904. It was the second daily newspaper in Worcester, preceded by the Worcester Daily Transcript. On September 30, 1850, the title was changed from Daily Spy to the Worcester Daily Spy, which it kept until 1888. In 1878, the Daily Spy absorbed the Worcester Daily Press, including all subscribers to both the daily and weekly publications. The paper went on to change titles again several times; from 1888-1898 it was known as Worcester Morning Daily Spy, and from 1898 until the publication’s end, it went simply by the Worcester Spy.
The Daily Spy proclaimed itself to be a well-rounded paper. An article in the August 4, 1845 issue states, “Our readers will perceive that we intend to make our Daily, a useful family paper, adapted to general circulations, as well in the country as in the town. In addition to a great amount of miscellany and business matter, it will probably contain as much, if not more, agricultural, and scientific reading, as can be obtained from any other source for the money that this paper costs.” Shortly after this, on August 9, 1845, the Daily Spy published a response to a local competitor, the Worcester County Gazette after they stated that Worcester had enough political newspapers and needed more with a neutral standing. The Daily Spy refuted this claim, proclaiming its desire was to “look to the welfare of the commonwealth,” and that the Daily Spy would be…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress