Editors: Charles Hale, Charles F. Dunbar, <1865>.
Published by Charles Hale, 1853-<1863>; Charles Hale & Co., 1864-1865; Dunbar, Waters & Co., 1865-1869; Daily Advertiser Co., 1869-
Printers: Clark, Homer & Lillie, <1840>.
Formed by the union of: Boston commercial gazette (Boston, Mass. : Semiweekly), and: Columbian centinel (Boston, Mass. : 1804), and: Independent chronicle & Boston patriot (Boston, Mass. : Semiweekly), and: New-England palladium (Boston, Mass. : 1840).
Weekly eds.: Boston weekly messenger (Boston, Mass. : 1833), 1840-1861, and: Boston daily advertiser (Boston, Mass. : Weekly), 1861-1864, and: Boston weekly advertiser (Boston, Mass. : 1864), 1864-1867, and: Thursday spectator, and Boston weekly advertiser, 1867-1869, and: Boston weekly spectator, 1869-1871, and: Boston weekly advertiser (Boston, Mass. : 1872), <1874-1877>.