Boston Investigator

Boston Investigator

Abner Kneeland, founder
Type weekly newspaper
Publisher J. Q. Adams, George Chapman, Josiah P. Mendum
Editor Abner Kneeland, Horace Seaver
Founded 1831
Ceased publication 1904
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts
Circulation 4,500 (1872)

The Boston Investigator was the first American newspaper dedicated to the philosophy of freethought. The newspaper was started in 1831 by Abner Kneeland, and published by John Q. Adams.[1]

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