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Newspaper Delaware State Journal and Statesman (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870 Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken / Journal and statesman

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About Delaware State Journal and Statesman (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870

Founded in Wilmington by Peter Brynberg and Robert Porter in 1833, the Delaware State Journal was published on a semi-weekly basis with Moses Bradford as editor. Both a contemporary and a rival of the Delaware Gazette, the Delaware State Journal was edited by Henry Naff until his retirement in 1849. At that time, Henry Eckel, a journeyman at the Delaware State Journal purchased the newspaper.

In 1855, Eckel also bought the Statesman, which had recently merged with another Wilmington paper, the Blue Hen’s Chicken. In that same year, the Journal was renamed the Delaware State Journal and Statesman; it appeared in both semi-weekly and weekly editions. The semi-weekly, published from May 29, 1855, until June 4, 1858, was known as the Delaware State Journal, Statesman, and Blue Hen’s Chicken. The weekly version was called the Weekly Delaware State Journal, Statesman, and Blue Hen’s Chicken. The latter ran briefly from May 21 to June 1, 1859, after which it was renamed the Daily Journal and Statesman. Soon thereafter, their titles reverted to Delaware State Journal and Statesman and Weekly Delaware State Journal and Statesman.

In its early years, the Journal served as a Whig publication, rivaling the Delaware Gazette, a Democratic newspaper. The Delaware State Journal and Statesman maintained its Whig association until the party was replaced by Republicanism, an affiliation it maintained until after the Civil War. In 1868, the Delaware State Journal and Statesman began to support the Democratic Party.

From 1862 until 1872, Henry Eckel had been sole proprietor and editor of the Delaware State Journal and Statesman. In 1870, he changed its name back to Delaware State Journal. With the May 1, 1872 issue, Eckel turned the paper from a semi-weekly to a daily. In June 1872, he sold his interest to William T. Croasdale and Gilbert G. Cameron, the editors of the Every Evening. The two men also obtained the Delaware Gazette in 1882 and consequently merged the two newspapers to form the Delaware Gazette and State Journal, which operated until 1902.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • Delaware State Journal and Statesman (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870

Other Title

  • Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken
  • Journal and statesman

Dates of Publication

  • 1855-1870

Created / Published

  • Wilmington, Del. : Henry Eckel, 1855-

Headings

  • -  Wilmington (Del.)--Newspapers
  • -  Delaware--Wilmington
  • -  United States--Delaware--New Castle--Wilmington

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Semiweekly
  • -  Vol. 23, no. 41 (May 22, 1855)-
  • -  Ceased in 1870.
  • -  Published as: Delaware State journal, statesman and blue hen's chicken, May 29, 1855-June 4, 1858.
  • -  Published daily as: Daily journal and statesman, May 21, 1859-June 1, 1859; for the purpose of reporting on the Presbyterian General Assembly.
  • -  Also issued on microfilm from the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Delaware State journal (Wilmington, Del. : 1870) 2574-6766 (DLC)sn 84026836 (OCoLC)10718558

Medium

  • volumes : illustrations ; 66 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84038112

OCLC Number

  • 11173845

ISSN Number

  • 2574-6723

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Delaware State Journal and Statesman Wilmington, Del. -1870. (Wilmington, DE), Jan. 1 1855. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84038112/.

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(1855, January 1) Delaware State Journal and Statesman Wilmington, Del. -1870. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84038112/.

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Delaware State Journal and Statesman Wilmington, Del. -1870. (Wilmington, DE) 1 Jan. 1855. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84038112/.