The Chariot of Wisdom and Love was the second newspaper written and published by 19th-century reformer Jeremiah Hacker

Jeremiah Hacker

Jeremiah Hacker was a reformer and journalist who lived and wrote in Portland, Maine from 1845 to 1866. Born in Brunswick, Maine to a large Quaker family, Hacker moved to Portland as a young adult where he worked as a penmanship instructor, a teacher, and a shopkeeper...

 of Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

Portland is the largest city in Maine and is the county seat of Cumberland County. The 2010 city population was 66,194, growing 3 percent since the census of 2000...

. Published between the years of 1864 and 1866, The Chariot of Wisdom and Love was a Spiritualist reform journal. The newspaper came to an end after the Great Fire

1866 Great Fire of Portland, Maine

The Great Fire of Portland, Maine occurred on July 4, 1866 — the first Independence Day after the end of the American Civil War. Five years before the Great Chicago Fire, this was the greatest fire yet seen in an American city. It started in a boat house on Commercial Street, likely caused by...

 destroyed much of the city of Portland on July 4, 1866. Soon after this event Hacker left Portland to retire in Vineland, NJ.