ASK THE GLOBE

The Boston Globe | December 6, 1999 | Copyright

Q. Perhaps the top US Civil War correspondent was Charles Coffin, who reported from many major battlefields for the Boston Weekly Journal. Where can I find copies of the Journal for my research on a book about one of my ancestors who was a Union surgeon?

M.W., Boston

A. The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester has a complete collection of the Boston Weekly Journal from 1849 to 1855, 1857, and 1860 to 1867. A brother-in-law of Moses Gerrish Farmer, who installed the first electric fire-alarm system in Boston, Coffin entered journalism and was assistant editor of the Boston Atlas before ...

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