The Friend (1843-1910)
Title
The Friend (1843-1910)
Subject
Temperance -- Newspapers.
Sailors -- Hawaii -- Newspapers.
Christians -- Hawaii -- Newspapers.
Sailors -- Hawaii -- Newspapers.
Christians -- Hawaii -- Newspapers.
Description
The Friend
The first issue was published in Jan. 1843, originally under the name Temperance Advocate, then as Temperance Advocate and Seamen’s Friend, with the Advocate and Friend being published as an extra, then as The Friend of Temperance and Seamen, with The Friend as an extra, and finally simply as The Friend, beginning January 1, 1845.
From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific.
The Friend began as a monthly newspaper for seamen, which included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. Rev. Damon published between a half million and a million copies of The Friend, most of which he personally distributed. Because of its longevity, The Friend is an excellent resource for scholars of nineteenth-century Hawaiian history.
Language
English
Type
Newspaper
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The Friend (1843-1910) Citation Information
Preferred Citation Author (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article Title. The Friend, volume number(issue number), pp. xx-xx. Collections of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives.
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