Literary Influence
In 1847 the poet Epes Sargent became editor of the paper. Many literary and poetic works debuted in the Transcript's pages.
An early version of "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates first appeared in The Boston Evening Transcript on November 19, 1904.
Hazel Hall's first published poem "To an English Sparrow", first appeared in The Transcript in 1916.
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