New-Hampshire Statesman and State Journal (Concord [N.H.])

• 1831–1847
• Newspaper

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839 issues from 1831 to 1847, published in Concord, New Hampshire, digitised for Chronicling America.

For a century between 1823 and 1924, the New Hampshire Statesman held a prominent role in New Hampshire politics from its seat in the state capital of Concord. Primarily a Whig paper, and later a Republican one, the weekly was founded by a New Hampshire-born printer named Luther Roby (1801-1883). Upon his arrival in 1822, Roby’s prospectus generated some stir in Concord, and even before its first issue, Issac Hill, the notorious editor of the rival New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette began attacking Roby’s Statesman. Roby responded in kind, employing early editorials to oppose the Patriot’s slate of candidates. In his February 24, 1823, issue, Roby described Hill as venomous and malign, a man “who vainly fancies himself to be the sole guardian genius of our liberties.”

In its first years of publication, the New Hampshire Statesman experienced a flurry of transfers and name changes. Less than six months after founding the paper, Roby transferred ownership to Amos Parker (1792-1893) in June of 1823, though he continued printing issues through the end of 1824. Parker, a lawyer, and later politician and poet, edited the Statesman for several years, then sold it in the fall of 1825 to abolitionist George Kimball (1787-1858). The paper was merged with Kimball’s Concord Register to form the New-Hampshire Statesman and Concord Register. A month later, Thomas G. Wells purchased a share, uniting the paper with his Unitarian Amherst Herald, of Amherst, NH. In early 1826, just…

Genres

News

Published in

Concord, New Hampshire, 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

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