The American Review: A Whig Journal

The American Review: A Whig Journal
Title page of an 1845 issue of the American Review
EditorJames Davenport Whelpley (1847-1852)
George H. Colton (1844-1847)
CategoriesGeneral interest
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1844; 180 years ago (1844)
Final issue1852 (1852)
CompanyWiley & Putnam
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The American Review, alternatively known as The American Review: A Whig Journal and The American Whig Review, was a New York City-based monthly periodical that published from 1844 to 1852. Published by Wiley and Putnam, it was edited by George H. Colton, and after his death, beginning with Volume 7, by James Davenport Whelpley. As of Volume 10, July 1849, the proprietors of the journal were Whelpley and John Priestly. The American Review was allied to the Whig Party.