Knoxville Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, Tenn.)
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2,011 issues from 1870 to 1882, published in Knoxville, Tennessee, digitised for Chronicling America.
Knox Countian, William Rule began in journalism in 1860 as a “printer’s devil” on Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig. When Confederate forces shut down Parson William G. Brownlow’s paper in 1861, Rule enlisted in the Union Army and by the time he mustered out in 1865 had become a first lieutenant. After the war “Captain” Rule joined the editorial staff at the revived Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, leaving in 1869 after Brownlow became a United States Senator and the paper switched political allegiance to support the Democratic Party. Although the majority of voters in Knox County and East Tennessee were Republicans, the city of Knoxville had no Republican paper. On April 6, 1870, Rule and his associate, Henry C. Tarwater, inaugurated the Knoxville Weekly Chronicle. A daily edition –the Knoxville Daily Chronicle –followed a month later. The paper was published from the pre-war offices of Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig on Gay Street. In October 1870, Tarwater sold his share of the paper to editorial employee, August J. Ricks. Then in 1875 Ricks sold his share in the paper to Brownlow as he returned to Knoxville after his senatorial term in Washington. Even in failing health and physically unable to write, Brownlow held the title of editor-in-chief. The name of the weekly edition was changed to the Knoxville Whig and Chronicle, acknowledging Brownlow’s continuing prominence.
During these early days of the Knoxville Daily Chronicle, Rule gave a start to a young boy who would later become the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
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- 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.
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- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
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- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress