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Topic:   Newspapers published in Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Source:  New Hampshire As It Is by Edwin A. Charlton from Part III: A General View of the
	 State of New Hampshire, Tracy and Sanford Publishers, Claremont, N.H., 1855

"The National Eagle." This paper was established in Claremont, in October, 1834, under the 
direction of a committee chosen at a whig convention for Sullivan county, the year previous. 
The first number was issued by John H. Warland editor, and Samuel L. Chase printer. In 1836 the
establishment was purchased and managed by Messrs. Warland and Joseph Weber. In 1842 Mr. Weber 
became sole proprietor, and conducted the paper until October, 1846, when Messrs. Charles Young 
and John S. Walker purchased the entire establishment, Mr. Walker taking charge of the editorial
department. In 1849 Mr. Walker sold his interest to Mr. J. H. Brewster, who managed the paper in 
connection with Mr. Young, until April, 1854, when the establishment passed into the hands of Mr.
Otis F. R. Waite, its present proprietor. It is devoted to the interests of the whig party.
 
"The New Hampshire Argus and Spectator," Newport. This paper is now in the 31st volume of its 
publication. Its predecessors were "The Newport Spectator" and "The New Hampshire Argus," both 
of which journals were merged into one under this title above given. "The Spectator" was 
originally established in Claremont, in January, 1823 by Cyrus Barton, but was soon after 
located in Newport which town was about to be made the county seat of the new county of Sullivan.
A short time after the removal to Newport, Mr. Dunbar Aldrich became a partner with Mr. Barton.
Afterwards the partnership consisted of Messrs. Barton, Benjamin French, and Cyrus Metcalf. 
Subsequently, the paper was conducted by Messrs. French and Metcalf during the space of a year
or more, when Mr. Metcalf retired, and was succeeded by Simon Brown. "The Argus" was established
in Claremont in 1833, removed to Newport in 1834, and was edited by Edmund Burke. The papers 
were united in July, 1835, and managed by Mr. Burke until January, 1838, when he was succeeded 
by H. E. Baldwin and William English. Mr. English, soon leaving, was succeeded by Samuel C. 
Baldwin, and the establishment thus continued until 1840, when it was transferred to Messrs. 
Carlton and Harvey, its present editors and proprietors, who have conducted the paper for nearly
sixteen years. It is democratic in politics.

"The Northern Advocate," Claremont, established in 1848. Joseph Weber editor and proprietor. 
Politics, republican.