West-Jersey Pioneer (Bridgeton, N.J.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,625 issues from 1852 to 1884, published in Bridgeton, New Jersey, digitised for Chronicling America.
Founded on November 20, 1852, the West-Jersey Pioneer had described itself as “A Family Newspaper devoted in Morality, Education, Science, Arts, Amusements, Mechanics, Agriculture, Temperance, Domestic and Foreign News, &ct.—Independent of Party or Sect.” It provided mostly local and state news that might affect its subscribers. James B. Furgeson was the publisher and editor of the paper for nearly 22 years before his death. On March 13, 1874, the West-Jersey Pioneer ran a mourning issue, with black columns, an announcement of Furgeson’s death, and a lengthy description of the funeral services. Furgeson’s widow, Lydia B. Furgeson ran the paper from April 24 to October 9, 1874.
It was announced on October 9, 1874 that Lydia B. Furgeson had sold the West-Jersey Pioneer to Isaac T. Nichols and George W. McCowan, who began publishing the paper on October 16, 1874. This was the last Friday issue, as henceforth the Pioneer would be released on Thursdays, a publishing schedule that would continue for the next decade, through to the paper’s end in 1884.
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Bridgeton, New Jersey, 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