The Charlotte Journal (Charlotte, N.C.)
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763 issues from 1836 to 1851, published in Charlotte, North Carolina, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Charlotte (NC) Journal published its first issue on July 3, 1835, with Thomas Jefferson Holton (1802-1860) serving as publisher and “proprietor.” The newspaper was a continuation of the Miners’ & Farmers’ Journal, which Holton and a partner began publishing on September 27, 1830.
During the Journal‘s first year of publication, Robert H. Madra (?-1841) served as editor. Holton held the title of publisher and proprietor. Madra announced his resignation as editor in the newspaper’s July 1, 1836 edition, citing “private interests of much importance” in another part of the country. Holton added a note just below Madra’s announcement urging readers’ continued support for the newspaper and reporting “that a friend, fully capable of the task, has kindly offered to assist me in the Editorial Department for the present.” Holton did not reveal the friend’s name, nor did the name of an editor appear on the masthead.
The Journal was one of dozens of newspapers affiliated with the Whig Party published in North Carolina between 1830 and 1860. The newspaper made its party affiliation known in its first issue, with Madra endorsing Hugh L. White, the Whig Party candidate for president of the United States in 1836. With the endorsement, however, Madra noted that the Journal would “not deny the use of our columns from those who differ from us.” On October 3, 1839, the newspaper made its party tie more explicit, adding “A Union of the Whigs for the Sake of the Union” as a slogan just…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Charlotte, North Carolina, 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