Broadway Journal

Briggs, previously known as a satire novelist under the pseudonym "Harry Franco", wrote a letter to James Russell Lowell on December 7, 1844, announcing his intentions to start a journal.

Poe, for a time, considered selling his own portion of the journal to Evert Augustus Duyckinck or Cornelius Mathews.

He also used the Broadway Journal for a very public flirtation with Frances Sargent Osgood[7] and to raise money for his never-realized dream of a new magazine to be named The Penn.

"[10] Even so, the publication officially ended with a final issue dated January 3, 1846, which included the valedictory: After taking over full control of the Journal, Poe had asked for the support of friends.

It emphasized literary reviews but also featured criticism of Art, theater, and music as well as poetry and articles on politics.