Republican Herald (Providence [R.I.])
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2,345 issues from 1829 to 1840, published in Providence, Rhode Island, digitised for Chronicling America.
On August 30, 1828, the first issue of a newspaper called The Herald (Vol. 1 No. 1) was published and printed by John S. Greene at 7 North Main Street, in Providence, R.I. Before launching this newspaper, John S. Greene was the publisher of the Christian Telescope and Universalist Miscellany at No. 8 North near the Market-House, with B. Cranston as printer and edited by an "Association of Gentlemen" including his future father-in-law, Rev. David Pickering.
The Herald printed the words of Thomas Jefferson under its title: "Honor and gratitude to the man who has filled the measure of his country's glory." Greene offered the Herald to be published weekly for four months and listed that under the terms for printing and purchasing the paper. On September 12 of that same year, Greene changed the name to the Republican Herald. The next week, Greene announced the Republican Herald as a weekly paper and removed the Jefferson quote. This was soon followed by Greene's October marriage at age 24 to Emeline Pickering, age 17 and the eldest daughter of Rev. David Pickering, who also performed their wedding.
For Volume 2, No. 1, Greene printed and published the Republican Herald "Every Saturday morning, at No. 7 North Main Street" starting January 3rd, 1829. The Jefferson quote returned briefly with this issue only. For twelve issues starting January 28, 1829, Greene changed the name from Republican Herald to Republican Herald and Farmers' and Mechanics' Advocate but retained the issue…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress