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Periodical: The Herald of Progress (US)

Summary:  From Pat Deveney's database:

Herald of Progress, The.
Devoted to the Discovery and Application of Truth.
Love, Wisdom, Liberty
1860-1864 Weekly
New York, NY. Publisher: A.J. Davis & Co.. Editor: Andrew Jackson Davis (1826-1910) and Mary F. Davis.
Succeeds: Spiritual Telegraph and the Principle (inherited subscriber lists) Succeeded by: The Friend of Progress

1/1, February 4, 1860-July 2, 1864. $2.00 a year, 8-4pp. While Davis's name should have been a guarantee of success, the journal never lived up to expectations, perhaps because, as a contemporary noted, of the "stilted" style. S.B. Brittan, referring to the journal's acquisition of the mailing list of the Spiritual Telegraph (which he had helped edit) called it "magni nominis umbra." The journal regularly carried Davis's "Brief Answers" to correspondents on issues ranging from Biblical conundrums to the nature of vampires, and his didactic expositions on medical matters and on the nature of the universe, but was as much a "progressive" paper as a spiritualist one, stressing science over the miraculous and emphasizing fraternity and anti-sectarianism. The journal printed communications from the likes of Mrs. F.O. Hyzer, Selden J. Finney, Emma Tuttle, Cora Hatch, Addie Ballou, Henry T. Child, L. Maria Child, and, occasionally, Emma Hardinge. It covered the ongoing War Between the States from the Radical Republican, progressive point of view, carefully debating issues whether it would be "safe" to free the slaves and whether naturalization or colonization was the preferable solution. When the journal failed in mid-1864, Davis opined that the world was not inclined to support so high-minded a paper and instead yearned senselessly for "phenomena." Davis also attributed the failure of his journal to his unwillingness, unlike the publishers of more phenomenal spiritualist journals, to print the more outrageous sorts of advertisements for quack medicines and healers. These, he noted, were always more remunerative. NYPL; LOC; University of Texas, Austin; University of Rochester; Boston Athenaeum; Lily Dale Assembly.

Some materials courtesy of the Post Collection at the University of Rochester.

Issues:Herald Of Progress V1 N01 Feb 4 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N02 Mar 3 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N03 Mar 10 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N04 Mar 17 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N05 Mar 24 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N06 Mar 3o 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N07 Apr 7 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N08 Apr 14 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N09 Apr 21 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N10 Apr 28 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N11 May 4 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N12 May 12 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N13 May 19 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N14 May 26 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N15 Jun 2 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N16 Jun 9 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N17 Jun 16 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N18 Jun 23 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N19 Jun 30 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N20 Jul 7 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N21 Jul 14 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N22 Jul 21 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N23 Jul 28 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N24 Aug 4 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N25 Aug 11 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N26 Aug 18 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N27 Aug 25 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N28 Sep 1 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N29 Sep 8 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N30 Sep 15 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N31 Sep 22 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N32 Sep 29 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N33 Oct 6 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N34 Oct 13 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N35 Oct 20 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N36 Oct 27 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N37 Nov 3 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N38 Nov 10 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N39 Nov 17 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N40 Nov 24 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N41 Dec 1 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N42 Dec 8 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N43 Dec 15 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N44 Dec 22 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N45 Dec 29 1860
Herald Of Progress V1 N46 Jan 5 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N47 Jan 12 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N48 Jan 19 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N49 Jan 26 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N50 Feb 2 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N51 Feb 9 1861
Herald Of Progress V1 N52 Feb 16 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N01 Feb 23 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N01 Feb 23 1861 2
Herald Of Progress V2 N02 Mar 2 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N03 Mar 9 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N04 Mar 16 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N05 Mar 23 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N06 Mar 20 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N07 Apr 6 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N08 Apr 13 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N09 Apr 20 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N10 Apr 27 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N11 May 4 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N12 Mar 11 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N13 May 18 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N14 May 25 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N15 Jun 1 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N16 Jun 8 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N17 Jun 15 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N18 Jun 22 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N19 Jun 29 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N20 Jul 6 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N21 Jul 13 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N22 Jul 20 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N23 Jul 27 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N24 Aug 3 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N25 Aug 10 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N26 Aug 17 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N27 Aug 24 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N28 Aug 31 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N29 Sep 7 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N30 Sep 14 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N31 Sep 21 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N32 Sep 28 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N33 Oct 5 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N34 Oct 12 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N35 Oct 19 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N36 Oct 26 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N37 Nov 2 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N38 Nov 9 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N39 Nov 16 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N40 Nov 23 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N41 Nov 30 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N42 Dec 7 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N43 Dec 14 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N44 Dec 21 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N45 Dec 28 1861
Herald Of Progress V2 N46 Jan 4 1862
Herald Of Progress V2 N47 Jan 11 1862
Herald Of Progress V2 N48 Jan 18 1862
Herald Of Progress V2 N49 Jan 25 1862
Herald Of Progress V2 N50 Feb 1 1862
Herald Of Progress V2 N51 Feb 8 1862
Herald Of Progress V2 N52 Feb 15 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N01 Feb 22 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N02 Mar 1 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N03 Mar 8 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N04 Mar 15 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N05 Mar 22 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N06 Mar 29 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N07 Apr 5 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N08 Apr 12 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N09 Apr 19 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N10 Apr 26 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N11 May 3 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N12 May 10 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N13 May 17 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N14 May 24 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N15 May 31 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N16 Jun 7 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N17 Jun 14 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N18 Jun 21 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N19 June 28 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N20 Jul 5 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N21 Jul 12 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N22 Jul 19 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N23 Jul 26 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N24 Aug 2 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N25 Aug 9 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N26 Aug 16 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N27 Aug 23 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N28 Aug 30 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N29 Sep 6 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N30 Sep 13 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N31 Sep 20 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N32 Sep 27 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N33 Oct 4 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N34 Oct 11 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N35 Oct 18 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N36 Oct 25 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N37 Nov 1 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N39 Nov 15 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N41 Npv 29 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N43 Dec 13 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N44 Dec 20 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N45 Dec 27 1862
Herald Of Progress V3 N46 Jan 3 1863
Herald Of Progress V3 N47 Jan 10 1863
Herald Of Progress V3 N50 Jan 31 1863
Herald Of Progress V3 N51 Feb 7 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N02 Feb 28 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N03 Mar 7 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N04 Mar 14 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N05 Mar 21 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N06 Mar 28 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N07 Apr 4 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N08 Apr 11 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N11 May 2 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N15 May 30 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N19 Jun 27 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N21 Jul 11 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N22 Aug 22 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N23 Jul 25 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N25 Aug 8 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N27 Aug 22 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N28 Aug 29 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N30 Sep 12 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N32 Sep 26 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N33 Oct 3 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N36 Oct 24 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N37 Oct 31 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N40 Nov 21 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N41 Nov 28 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N42 Dec 5 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N43 Dec 12 1863
Herald Of Progress V4 N51 Feb 6 1864
Herald Of Progress V4 N52 Feb 13 1864
Herald Of Progress V5 N01 Feb 20 1864
Herald Of Progress V5 N04 Mar 12 1864
Herald Of Progress V5 N05 Mar 19 1863
Herald Of Progress V5 N06 Mar 26 1864
Herald Of Progress V5 N07 Apr 2 1864
Herald Of Progress V5 N14 May 21 1864
Herald Of Progress V5 N15 May 28 1864

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