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{{CTD periodical
|title=Sunday Mercury, The
|title to show=The Sunday Mercury
|origin=New York, USA
|variations=New York Sunday Mercury
|image=Sunday Mercury title.jpg
|description=The Sunday Mercury (1839–1896) (sometimes referred to as the New York Sunday Mercury) was a weekly Sunday newspaper published in New York City that grew to become the highest-circulation weekly newspaper (at least by its own claims) in the United States at its peak.[1] It was known for publishing and popularizing the work of many notable 19th-century writers, including Charles Farrar Browne and Robert Henry Newell, and was the first Eastern paper to publish Mark Twain.[2] It was also the first newspaper to provide regular coverage of baseball, and was popular for the extensive war correspondence from soldiers it published during the Civil War. {{ctd-source|WP}}.
|short description=The Sunday Mercury was a weekly Sunday newspaper.
|approximate lifetime=1893–1896
|wikipedia=Sunday Mercury (New York)
}}
|title=Sunday Mercury, The
|title to show=The Sunday Mercury
|origin=New York, USA
|variations=New York Sunday Mercury
|image=Sunday Mercury title.jpg
|description=The Sunday Mercury (1839–1896) (sometimes referred to as the New York Sunday Mercury) was a weekly Sunday newspaper published in New York City that grew to become the highest-circulation weekly newspaper (at least by its own claims) in the United States at its peak.[1] It was known for publishing and popularizing the work of many notable 19th-century writers, including Charles Farrar Browne and Robert Henry Newell, and was the first Eastern paper to publish Mark Twain.[2] It was also the first newspaper to provide regular coverage of baseball, and was popular for the extensive war correspondence from soldiers it published during the Civil War. {{ctd-source|WP}}.
|short description=The Sunday Mercury was a weekly Sunday newspaper.
|approximate lifetime=1893–1896
|wikipedia=Sunday Mercury (New York)
}}