The Manchester Journal (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-Current
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
3,118 issues from 1861 to 1922, published in Bennington, Vermont, digitised for Chronicling America.
After serving an apprenticeship at the Vermont Phoenix in Brattleboro, in 1861 printer Charles A. Pierce moved across Vermont and started the weekly Manchester Journal to serve the communities in the northern half of Bennington County. The new weekly met a local need, and by the end of its first year, the Journal was on “a reliable and permanent foundation.” A typical country paper, the Manchester Journal included local, state, and national news, as well as literary items and miscellany. Pierce and his editors were strong supporters of the Union cause during the Civil War, and provided Journal readers with coverage of the activities that would “preserve our common country…against the base machinations of designing traitors.”
In 1870, Pierce and his brother bought the Bennington Banner and decided to relinquish the Journal. Local businessman Franklin H. Orvis purchased the latter in 1871 and set about improving its financial status. He hired David K. Simonds, a lawyer with extensive newspaper experience, to help with editorial matters. Within months, Orvis had dramatically increased the Journal‘s subscriptions and advertising revenue, enabling Orvis to turn his attention to his primary business, the Equinox House resort. Simonds subsequently purchased the Journal and ran it for 34 years. He was known for his passionate editorials and strong support for local improvements.
Printer Otto R. Bennett published the Manchester Journal from 1905 to 1940. In 1910, Bennett…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Bennington, Vermont, 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