- Halpin & Bailey’s Chicago City Directory for 1864
Chicago Post. (Daily, Tri-weekly and Weekly)—James W. Sheahan and Andre Matteson, editors; office, 82 Dearborn street.
Halpin’s Chicago City Directory for 1864
Chicago Post. published daily, tri-weekly and weekly. Jas. Sheahan and Andre Matteson, editors; office, 93 Washington street
Chicago Tribune, December 25, 1860
A NEW PAPER.
J. W. Sheahan, Esg., late of the Chicago Times, has commenced the publication in this city of a new daily paper—The Chicago Post. He announces that the Post will not indulge in political discussion; but confine itself mainly to matters touching the interests of Chicago and the West. We do not doubt that the Post will be a success. It has our good wishes.
History of Chicago, A. T. Andreas, 1885
When James W. Sheahan and Andre Matteson severed their connection with Times, on its sale to Cyrus H. McCormick, they at once made preparations to start a new Democratic newspaper, and on December 25, 1860, the Morning Post appeared. F. A . Eastman was business manager, Sheahan and Matteson editorial writers. It was not as successful as its founders had hoped, and in 1865, they sold out to the Republican Company, recently formed. The Post was a a straightforward Democratic paper. It favored the War for the Union, but opposed emancipation and the radical programme.
- Chicago Morning Post Buildings
82 Dearborn street and 93 Washington street
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
1869
- After several mergers, the Morning Post became Chicago’s American
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