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Newspaper Litchfield Enquirer (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-Current

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • Litchfield Enquirer (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-Current

Names

  • Adams, Henry, 1794-1842.
  • Adams, Charles, 1805-1883.
  • Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon, 1815-1859.
  • Hyatt, Henry W.
  • Humphrey, James, Jr., 1837-1868.
  • Wing, Henry E.

Dates of Publication

  • 1829-current

Created / Published

  • Litchfield, Conn. : Henry Adams, 1829-

Headings

  • -  Litchfield (Conn.)--Newspapers
  • -  New Milford (Conn.)--Newspapers
  • -  Litchfield County (Conn.)--Newspapers
  • -  Connecticut--Litchfield
  • -  Connecticut--Litchfield County
  • -  Connecticut--New Milford
  • -  United States--Connecticut--Litchfield--Litchfield

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Vol. 3, no. 33 (Jan. 29, 1829)-v. 131, no. 51 (Feb. 9, 1956) ; 131st year, no. 52 (Feb. 16, 1956)-
  • -  Publishers: C. Adams, 1842-1845; Payne Kenyon Kilbourne, 1845-1853; Henry W. Hyatt, 1853-1856; Edward C. Goodwin, 1856-1857; Charles Adams and H.E.B. Betts, 1857-1859; James Humphrey, Jr., 1859-1865; Wing & Shumway, 1865-1866; A.B. Shumway, 1866-1869; G.A. Hickox, 1869-<1876>.
  • -  Editors: H. Adams, 1829-1842; C. Adams, 1842-1845; P.K. Kilbourne, 1845-1853; H.W. Hyatt, 1853-1856; C. Adams, 1857-1859; J. Humphrey, Jr., 1859-1865; H.E. Wing, 1865-1866; G.A. Hickox, 1866-<1876>.
  • -  "Whig," <1838-1851>; "Republican, " <1859>; "Union, " <1867>; "Republican, " 1868-<1876>.
  • -  "Independent." Cf. Ayer, 1976.
  • -  Issues for 1829-Nov. 2, 1950 also called: Whole no. 137-6491. Issues for Nov. 9, 1950-Apr. 1, 1954 lack numbering, are called: Vol. 125-v. 128. Issues for Mar. 1990- lack numbering.
  • -  Available on microfilm from New England Micrographics, Marlboro, Mass.
  • -  Absorbed: Litchfield sentinel, May 1875., and: Litchfield star, 1891, and: Torrington leader, 1891, and: Cornwall news, 1891, and: Washington star (Litchfield, Conn.), 1891, and: New Milford observer, Nov. 28, 1940.
  • -  Published at the same office: Woodbury reporter, 193 -195.

Medium

  • volumes : illustrations ; 56-70 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper 7225-X
  • AN

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84020071

OCLC Number

  • 10316028

ISSN Number

  • 2770-3428

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Litchfield Enquirer Litchfield, Conn. -Current. (Litchfield, CT), Jan. 1 1829. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020071/.

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(1829, January 1) Litchfield Enquirer Litchfield, Conn. -Current. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020071/.

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Litchfield Enquirer Litchfield, Conn. -Current. (Litchfield, CT) 1 Jan. 1829. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84020071/.