The New Haven Journal-Courier
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The New Haven Journal-Courier, originally published as The Connecticut Journal, and New-Haven Post-Boy, later published as The Connecticut Journal, the Connecticut Herald, the Morning Journal and Courier, The Journal-Courier, and several other names, was a newspaper published in New Haven, Connecticut from 1767 to 1835 by Thomas and Samuel Green[1] as well as others.[2][3][4] The publishers also printed pamphlets including sermons and the "criminal confession" written by David Daggett about Joseph Mountain, an African American man executed in New Haven before a crowd of thousands of spectators. It was sold amongst the crowd and was a popular and influential treatise.
| Founded | 1767 |
|---|---|
| Ceased publication | 1987 |
| City | New Haven, Connecticut |
Thomas Green published several of Connecticut's earliest newspapers.[5]
In 1875, prominent Republican businessman John Bennett Carrington, Sr. acquired the paper.[6] As the paper's editor, Carrington sought to create a "family paper" that was "conservative in tone", but not "unduly partisan".[6] By the 1880s, the paper was considered to be aligned with the Republican Party.[7] During this time, the paper was publishing under the Journal and Courier title for its daily edition, and the Connecticut Herald and Journal title for its weekly edition.[7][8]
In 1987 the paper was absorbed by the New Haven Register.[9]
Names and editions
- The Connecticut Journal, and New-Haven Post-Boy (October 23, 1767 – April 19, 1775)[2]
- Connecticut Journal (April 26, 1775 – May 3, 1775)[2]
- The Connecticut Journal, and New-Haven Post-Boy (May 10, 1775 – September 6, 1775)[2]
- The Connecticut Journal (September 13, 1775 – January 3, 1799)[2]
- Connecticut Journal and Weekly Advertiser (January 10, 1799 – March 28, 1799)[2]
- The Connecticut Journal (April 4, 1799 – December 29, 1808)[2]
- Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (January 5, 1809 – 1809)[2][4]
- The Connecticut Journal (1809 – ?)[10]
- Connecticut Herald (1821 – 1846)[11]
- New-Haven Advertiser (1829 – 1832)[12]
- New-Haven Daily Herald (1841 – 1848)[13]
- Connecticut Herald and Weekly Courier (1846 – 1848)[14]
- Morning Journal and Courier (1848 – 1894)[15]
- Connecticut Herald and Weekly Journal (1861 – ?)[16]
- The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (1894 – 1907)[17]
- The Morning Journal-Courier (1907 – 1913)[6]
- New Haven Journal-Courier (1913 – 1932)[18]
- New Haven Journal-Courier and New Haven Times (1932 – 1959)[19]
- New Haven Journal-Courier (1959 – 1973)[20]
- The Journal-Courier (1973 – 1987)[21]
