Western Reserve Chronicle (Warren, Ohio)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
925 issues from 1855 to 1873, published in Warren, Ohio, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Western Reserve Chronicle and Weekly Transcript of the Times and the Western Reserve Chronicle have their beginnings in the first newspaper issued in the Western Reserve: the Trump of Fame, which began publication on June 9, 1812, in Warren, the seat of Trumbull County, Ohio. Edited by Thomas D. Webb and printed by David Fleming, the weekly paper covered news from Washington, D.C., and around the world and often printed speeches in Congress and discussions relating to foreign affairs, as citizens were expected to keep up with local news and events on their own. It was not long after the Trump of Fame was established that on October 4, 1816, the paper’s new proprietor, Fitch Bissell, changed its name to the Western Reserve Chronicle.
The Western Reserve Chronicle and Weekly Transcript of the Times was established in February 1854, when the Western Reserve Transcript and Whig, founded in 1848 as the Trumbull County Whig, united with the Western Reserve Chronicle. Before merging, the two papers had opposing political views, with the Chronicle being managed by the Free-Soil Party and the Transcript and Whig by the Whig Party. The fusion of these two papers coincided with the merger of these rival groups into the Republican Party upon the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, which rescinded the Missouri Compromise.
James Dumars edited the Transcript and Whig until October 1854. In April 1855, Comfort A. Adams and George N. Hapgood became proprietors of the paper and…
- Genres
- Westerns, News
- Published in
- Warren, 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