The Morris County Chronicle (Morristown, N.J.)
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
941 issues from 1877 to 1914, published in Morristown, New Jersey, digitised for Chronicling America.
The Morris County Chronicle was first printed on November 2, 1877, under the charge of T. J. O’Donnell. He was succeeded after a few months by D. H. Prime & Co. Joshua Brown took charge of the paper January 21, 1880 and he ran the paper as a politically independent one for two years. He then aligned it with the Republican party, though he would also endorse Democratic friends for office.
Joshua Brown was born in Falsington, PA in 1844 to Quaker parents. After finishing his education, he went into business in New York City. When an opportunity to purchase the Morris County Chronicle presented itself, Brown quickly acted upon it. In addition to editing the weekly newspaper, Brown was also a Fireman for the Washington Engine Company of Morristown and worked to support the rights of volunteer firemen. He was one of the organizers of the State Exempt Fireman’s Association and served on its executive board until 1891. This passion and advocacy for volunteer firefighters is obvious in the Morris County Chronicle, which often featured news of Morris County fire companies.
J. Frank Lindsley took over the paper in 1893 after the death of Joshua Brown, maintaining the paper’s Republican ties and two dollar a year subscription cost, though under Lindsley the paper grew from four pages to ten and greatly expanded its coverage of local news.
With keen competition from daily newspapers and the overall increase in the number of newspapers published, making a living from a weekly paper…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Morristown, New Jersey, 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