The American Politician is a handwritten newspaper issued by 15 year old Charles W. March in 1830. March wrote articles on contemporary international events and facts such as the July Revolution in France and the monarchs of Europe, as well as on national events, especially election politics regarding Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson. March also wrote about regional information, including a record of the African American and White population in Boston during 1830. Lastly, he inlcuded local information such as deaths and lost items and for sale notices. At the beginning of the newspaper, March noted that the purpose of this paper was "writing down things which we do not find in other papers as the deaths which happen in Greenland and the towns adjacent, the business and work done on this farm, the prospect of the crops, and the produce of the year."
Charles Wainwright March was born on December 15, 1815 to Joseph Wainwright and Susan (Atkinson) March in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, N.H. He lived in Greenland, Rockingham County, N.H. before attending Harvard University and graduating in 1837. He practiced law in Portsmouth for a short time before moving to New York and working as an editorial writer on the Tribune and the Times, as well as correspondent of the Boston Courier, under the pseudonym "Pequot." He became known as a great essayist and his most famous works were "Daniel Webster and His Contemporaries" and "Sketches in Madeira, Portugal and Spain." In the latter part of his life he became US Vice Consul to Egypt. He died on Alexandria, Egypt on January 24, 1864.