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Winthrop MA - Seasmoke - below zero temperatures. The Boston skyline rises above rolling seasmoke in Boston Harbor. February 4: February 4, 2023 in Winthrop, Massachusetts. (Jim Mahoney/Boston Herald)
How far back does the Herald go?
I’d say it is one of the top questions readers ask. Today I’ll help answer that one as best I can:
I dug up the four-page edition of the Nov. 1, 1848, evening edition of the Boston Herald. That year is as far back as our archive goes. We don’t have every month from back then, but we sure do have Nov. 1.
It’s a fascinating read from this day back then. Here are some photos from this date in history.