188
Like most newspapers of its time, the Herald con-

carned itself to a great extent with international and
national news, and seldom mentioned local happenings,
and little can be obtained from its columns about the
press itself. However, an inkling of one printer's re-

actions to the distractions of the growing town (by
1800, "eight hundred substantial edifices lined the
streets"⁶⁹) from Grieves' advertisement for an ap-
prentice:

a smart, active boy, who is not addicted to
idle habits, about 12 or 13 years of age...
A boy from the country would be preferred,⁷⁰

Thomas Grieves himself was an ardent Republican,⁷¹
or Democrat as he would be called now; but at least
through 1800, he kept his promises of his first ad-
dress to the public, and let no bitter political
quarrels come into the Herald.

With some minor changes in title, the Herald
continued until 1826, when it was sold to the Torch
Light.⁷² With the issue of March 10, 1813, Stewart
Herbert, Grieves' young stepson, and compositor on
the Herald, was taken into partnership.⁷³

After ho sold the Herald, Grieves went to Cumber-

69 Wilson, Mrs. L.H. Hagerstown, p. 5.

70 Maryland herald. (Hagerstown) February 21, 1799.

71 Scharf, J.T. op. cit. v. 2, p. 1143.

72 Union list of newspapers, p. 265.

73 Brigham, C.S. Biblipgraphy of American news-
papers. Part III., Maryland to Massachusetts
(except Boston) p. 181.