Middletown Transcript (Middletown, Del.) 1868-Current
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2,153 issues from 1868 to 1922, published in Middletown, Delaware, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Middletown Transcript of Middletown, Delaware, was founded as a weekly newspaper by Henry Vanderford, a former publisher of the Cecil Democrat. First published on January 4, 1868, the Middletown Transcript is recognized as the first newspaper established in southern New Castle County. Published every Saturday, it cost $2 per year and contained both local and national news as well as advertisements. Like other newspapers of the day, the Middletown Transcript published political editorials, many of which expressed the belief that government policies of Reconstruction were unnecessary and which, on occasion, attacked the political opinions of rival newspapers such as the Wilmington Daily Commercial.
In 1870, Henry Vanderford turned over leadership to his son, Charles Vanderford, who remained the sole proprietor of the Middletown Transcript until June 1872 when he entered into partnership with Edward Reynolds. Three months later, Vanderford sold his interest to Reynolds who remained owner and editor for the next five years. Reynolds sold the Transcript to W. Scott Way in September 1877. In June 1885, Way sold the paper to John B. and Alexander L. Moreau. T. S. Fouracre published the Middletown Transcript from 1908 to 1920, during which time it had a circulation rate of approximately 1,200. The newspaper remained in the Fouracre family through the 1980s and remains in publication today. The Middletown Transcript is currently owned by GateHouse Media Delaware and is housed…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Middletown, Delaware, 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