Carroll Free Press (Carrollton [Ohio])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
779 issues from 1836 to 1858, published in Carrollton, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Carroll Free Press of Carrollton, Ohio, was established in 1832 by Joshua D. Patton as the Centreville Recorder in what was then Columbiana County. The next year, in 1833, Carroll County was formed from parts of Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, and Stark Counties, with Carrollton serving as the county seat. The Carroll Free Press adopted its new name in 1834 when the Centreville Recorder merged with the Carrollton Gazette. The paper aligned itself with Whig and then Republican interests, supporting Henry Clay during the 1844 presidential election, John C. Frémont and William L. Dayton during the 1856 presidential election, and, later, President Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union during the American Civil War.
Over its history, the Free Press had a number of owners, editors, and name changes. John Pearce and a man named Christy edited and published the paper following the 1834 merger. By 1841, Christy had left the paper and Thomas W. Collier had become publisher. Collier remained with the Free Press until he sold it to Richard Hatton in March 1849 after a three-month suspension in publication. Hatton added the motto “The Union of the States and the Constitution of the Union” which remained in place for the next decade. In 1854, John H. Tripp and William McCoy took charge of the paper until they sold it to Jacob Weyand and Matthew C. Baxter in 1858. Weyand soon left the Free Press but returned in 1861 with Edwin Ferrall, changing its name to the Carroll…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Carrollton, Ohio, 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