The Daily Madisonian (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,043 issues from 1841 to 1845, published in Washington, District Of Columbia, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Madisonian was first published on August 16, 1837, in Washington, DC. Its founder, Thomas Allen, an established lawyer from New York who moved to DC in the same year, remained chief editor of the paper until November 9, 1841. The paper was published triweekly during sessions of Congress (generally Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), and semiweekly during recess of Congress (generally Tuesdays and Fridays). A Saturday, weekly edition of the paper, entitled the Madisonian For the Country was published from 1839 to 1841. As stated in its Prospectus published in its first issue, the newspaper was initially devoted to the “support of the principles and doctrines of the Democratic Party as delineated by Mr. Madison. It will reflect only that spirit and those principles of mutual concession, compromise, and reciprocal goodwill, which so imminently characterized the inception, formation, and subsequent adoption, buy the several States, of the constitution of the United States.”
The Madisonian consistently chronicled the happenings of Congress, polling and election results, and speeches given by notable politicians. However, the newspaper reported on news from across the country and at times reported on news from overseas. The Madisonian published short and colorful fictional stories and poems on the front page alongside coverage of political news. The stories and poems themselves covered a variety of genres that equally horrified or humored the reader. The paper also reported…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Washington, District Of Columbia, 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