Draft:Southern Religious Telegraph

Christian Observer



The Southern Religious Telegraph was a newspaper published in Richmond, Virginia from 1830-1839. It was a Presbyterian newspaper.

John Kendrick Converse edited the paper. He went on to become a pastor and years alter after being dismissed served as principal of [[Burlington Female Seminary in Vermont.

It was preceded by the Visitor and Telegraph. Rev. Amasa Converse was a Presbyterian minister who moved south, took over two papers, and established the Southern Religious Telegraph. It was succeeded by the Christian Observer.

Converse, "The Christian Observer" and Civil War Censorship

A letter by W. Atkinson regarding his position on abolitionism ran in the paper.

The Watchman of the South opposed it.