Edward Eveleth Powars was a printer in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century. He published the Independent Chronicle (1776– c.1779), [1] [2] the Boston Evening-Post (1781–1784), [3] the American Herald (1784–1790), and The Argus. He worked with Nathaniel Willis as "Powars & Willis." [4]
In 1781 he kept his printing-office in Boston, at "the lower end of State-Street, over Mr. Simon Eliot's snuff-store". [5] He moved to Worcester in 1788, "having been humiliatingly neglected ... for printing a free paper". [6] By 1791 he had returned to Boston. [7] Around 1796 he lived on Temple Street. [8]
Around 1803 he worked "as a compositor in the office of Samuel Etheridge, in Charlestown". [9] In 1813 "he held the office of Messenger to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth." [10] [11]
He later became a traveling bookseller. He died on an expedition to the Western States. [10]
Edward Eveleth Powars was a printer in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, in the late 18th century. He published the Independent Chronicle (1776– c.1779), [1] [2] the Boston Evening-Post (1781–1784), [3] the American Herald (1784–1790), and The Argus. He worked with Nathaniel Willis as "Powars & Willis." [4]
In 1781 he kept his printing-office in Boston, at "the lower end of State-Street, over Mr. Simon Eliot's snuff-store". [5] He moved to Worcester in 1788, "having been humiliatingly neglected ... for printing a free paper". [6] By 1791 he had returned to Boston. [7] Around 1796 he lived on Temple Street. [8]
Around 1803 he worked "as a compositor in the office of Samuel Etheridge, in Charlestown". [9] In 1813 "he held the office of Messenger to the Governor and Council of the Commonwealth." [10] [11]
He later became a traveling bookseller. He died on an expedition to the Western States. [10]