The American Review: A Whig Journal

The American Review: A Whig Journal

Title page of an 1845 issue of the American Review
Editor	James Davenport Whelpley (1847-1852) George H. Colton (1844-1847)
Categories	General interest
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	1844; 180 years ago (1844)
Final issue	1852 (1852)
Company	Wiley & Putnam
Country	United States
Language	English

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