Boston Evening Transcript is first published.

[6/24-WPA] Published by Henry Dutton, its offices are initially located at 10 – 12 Exchange Street. The first daily afternoon newspaper in New England, its first editor is Lynde Minshull Walter. Republican in politics, it becomes known for its genealogy columns and printing the Constitution every Wednesday. According to Louis Lyons, “Its special character, like the purple windowpanes of Beacon Street, reflected the atmosphere of old Boston.” Wags joke theater critic H.T. Parker’s reviews are written initially in Latin, then translated into English. A Back Bay butler is once said to have announced to his master, “Three reporters are at the door, and a gentleman from the Transcript.” The newspaper paper moves to today’s 5 Congress Street in 1845, to 322-328 Washington Street in 1860, and to a new building there in 1873.* Its last issue is published on April 30, 1941.