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Blake, B.L. Gurdon Saltonstall. In New London Historical Society Papers, part 5, vol. i.
Dexter, Franklin B. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Yale. 3 vols. May, 1701-May, 1745; New York, 1885. May, 1745-May, 1763; New York, 1896. May, 1763-May, 1778; New York, 1903.
Kilbourne, P. K. Biographical History of the County of Litchfield. New York, 1851.
Mitch.e.l.l, Donald G. American Lands and Letters. 3 vols.
First volume, for early newspapers, the Hartford Wits and literati of the colonial period.
Sprague, W. B. Annals of the American Pulpit. New York, 1857-69. 9 vols.
Biographical Sketches in chronological order, contributed by 540 writers of sectarian prominence, and with intent to show development of churches and the power of character.
Vols. i and ii, Trinitarian-Congregationalists. Vols. iii and iv, Presbyterian. Vol. v, Episcopalians (reference for the Episcopal Republican coalition in 1818 in Connecticut). Vol. vi, Baptists.
Vol. vii, Methodists. Vol. viii, Unitarians. Vol. ix, Lutherans, Dutch Reformed, etc.
Tyler, Moses Coit. Three Men of Letters (George Berkeley, Timothy Dwight and Joel Barlow). New York and London, 1895.
B. CONNECTICUT NEWSPAPERS
_w_. abbreviation for weekly
HARTFORD
American Mercury, _w_. Anti-Federal.
Founded July 12, 1784, with Joel Barlow, editor, and Elisha Babc.o.c.k, publisher. In 1833 merged into the Independent Press.
Yale University Library has a file practically complete to 1828, only 20 numbers missing.
Connecticut Courant. _w_. Federal, Whig, Republican.
Founded 1764, by Thomas Green as organ of the Loyal Sons of Liberty; later supported Was.h.i.+ngton and Adams; continued as the weekly and now daily Hartford Courant. Said to be the oldest newspaper still published in the United States. Connecticut Courant and the Weekly Hartford Intelligencer, 1774.
Connecticut Courant and the Weekly Intelligencer, Feb. 1781.
The latter part of t.i.tle dropped March 21, 1791.
In 1837 the Daily Courant was established. This paper bought out the Independent Press (which in turn had absorbed the American Mercury); and the staff of the Press, including Charles Dudley Warner, Gen. J. K. Hawley and Stephen A. Hubbard, joined William H. Goodrich, who was the business manager of the Couraut.
Connecticut Mirror, _w_. Federal.
Founded July 10, 1809, by Charles Hosmer, publisher. During the War of 1812, it was the organ of the "extreme right" of the Federal party. It was continued until about 1835.
Yale University Library contains an almost complete file up to 1831.
Times. _w_. Democratic-Republican.
Founded Jan., 1817, with Frederick D. Bolles, publisher, and M. Niles, editor. Its slogan was "Toleration" and the New Const.i.tution.
March 2,1841, it became the Daily Times, and still continues.
NEW HAVEN
Columbian Register, _w_. Democrat.
Founded Dec. 1, 1812, Joseph Barber, publisher, to give "proceedings of Congress, latest news from Europe and history of New England, particularly of Connecticut." Daily edition, 1845; Sunday edition, 1877.
Yale University has a continuous file.
The Connecticut Gazette, _w_.
Printed by James Parker, April, 1755. Suspended April 14,1764.
Eevived by Benjamin Mecom, July 5, 1765. Ended Feb. 19, 1768.
Connecticut Herald, _w_. Federal, Republican.
Founded 1803, by Corostock, Griswold & Co., publishers, Thomas Green Woodward, editor. A Daily Herald, issued Nov. 16,1832. In 1835 its publishers, Woodward & Carrington, bought the Connecticut Journal.
The Daily Herald and Journal of 1846 soon became, by buying out the Courier, The Morning Journal and Courier, as now, and its weekly edition, the Connecticut Herald.
Yale University has a continuous file.
The Connecticut Journal and New Haven Post Boy. _w_. Federal.
Founded 1767 by Thomas and Samuel Green. It was started about four months before the Connecticut Gazette (New Haven). It failed April 7,1835, and was sold to Woodward & Carrington, owners of the Daily Herald.
The t.i.tle "and New Haven Post Boy" was omitted about 1775. It was known in 1799, for a few months only, as the Connecticut Journal and Weekly Advertiser, and in 1809, for a few months only, as the Connecticut Journal and Advertiser.
Yale's file dates from 1774 to 1835.
The New Haven Gazette and the Connecticut Magazine, _w_. Meigs & Dana, Feb. 16, 1786-1798.
NEW LONDON
The Connecticut Post and New Haven Visitor, _w_.
Founded Oct. 30, 1802, as the Visitor; t.i.tle changed Nov. 3, 1803.
Ended its existence about Nov. 8, 1834.
The New London Gazette, _w_. (Connecticut Gazette.)
Founded by Timothy Green, November, 1763. The earlier Connecticut Gazette, published at New Haven, April, 1755-April 14, 1763, having ended February, 1768, the New London Gazette adopted the New Haven paper's name. The firm became Timothy Green & Son, 1789-1794. Samuel Green (the son) conducted the paper to 1841, except the year 1805, and from 1838 to 1840. Known as the Connecticut and Universal Intelligencer, Dec. 10, 1773-May 11, 1787.
Yale University flies are from 1765 to 1828, except 1775, '76, '77, and '78.
OUTSIDE OF CONNECTICUT
