Born in Massachusetts to a family of merchants and seamen, Clapp traveled to Paris to translate the socialist writing
This column discusses the lack of a set of "views" that control the publications that appear in the Saturday Press. The column defends the paper's position not to pledge an allegience to one set of views or ideas. The column claims that the Saturday Press values variety and the independent thoughts and postions of its contributors and seeks to preserve them in order to produce a paper that is "alive," rather than one that is dull and uniform (2).
This column discusses the lack of "views" or "theories" held by the Saturday Press (2).
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Born in Massachusetts to a family of merchants and seamen, Clapp traveled to Paris to translate the socialist writing
On October 23, 1858, Henry Clapp, Jr., published the inaugural issue of The Saturday Press.
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