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not be true in fact, that the feverity of the new a-t of [ -- t I T is now out of fachion to put on mouthog at the funeral of is to be impated to letters, representations, Nixxalves, the nearelt relation, which will make a faving to this town & .. tranimitted to the it --- y about two years ago by her. of twenty thousand sterling per annum .- It is surprizing how fons of eminence this lide the waist- And that tome copies Suddenly, as well as how general) an old cullom is abolithed, of letter. are actually in this town, and others soon cyjne.ted. i: fhows however, the good tente of the town, for it is certain- - To whatever case there feverties are owing, it Ich sen ly prades: to retren- hour extravagant expences, while we have the colonies to represent their grievances in the ihr ;gott functhing left to lubfift ourselves, rather than be driven to it point of light, and to urate in fush miafures as war !! le wy tu- by fatal neceflicy.
ui to obtain redrefs.
W'e hear that the laudable practice of frugality is now intro-
The northern cologist. have fenfe enough, at lead the icure dating itself in all the neighbouring towns, (and it were to be of feeling; and can tell where the five pie. kes-The de mate willwd it might thru'out the government) an inflarce of wluch ladies begin to find by experience, that the Shoes inade at we have from Charlestown, at a funeral there the beginning of IYs are weuch caper than those of the sake of N :. Her ol lift week, which the relatives and others atten ded, without London-What is become of the neved livemaker of l:if. . ? any other mourning than which is preferibel io a reicent agree. nient.
It is fear'd by many who with well to Great Bedate, that the new A-t of P ----- t will greatly diftref, if ret topaliyi
(,?aber 8. There feens to be a difposition in many of the in- min fome of HER own manufactures-It is thought that habitants of this and the neighbouring governinents to eloath by means of this A-, lefs of her waxlen cloths, t> the a- themielves with their own manufacture. -. At Hanyy Bead, on mount of line thoufands ferling, will be purchas'd in this Long Ifland, in the Province of N. York, a company of gen- cold climate the infuing winter.
tlemen have fet up a new woolen manufactory, and having gi- ven minice to gentlemen fhopkeepers and others, of any of the ducted upon the new Plan of Frugality.
provinces, that by fending proper patterns of any colour, they Nothing but FRUGALITY can now five the d.ffrejd'd nor. . may be fupplied with broad cloths, cqual in fineneis, colour, thern colores from impending ruin-It ought to he a confo- and gooducis, and cheaper than any imported: the proprie- lation to the good people of a certain province, that the great- tots give good encouragement. to any perfon who are day way eft man in it exhibits the mott rigid example of this political vefted in the woolen inanufactory, fuch as woul cumbers, as well as mioral virtue.
A Surprising concatenation of events toone man in one week. Pubbthed a Sunday -- married a Monday-had a Child a
weavers, clothiets, fhearers, dyets, Spinners, carders, or un- derlland any branch of the broad-cloth, blanket, or fruud manufactury .- At Jamaica on the faid ifland, one Tunis Tuelday-ftole a horfe a Wednesday -bamfhet a Thursday Poiphar is erecting a fullng-mill, which will be compleat -died a Friday-buried a Saturday -- all in one Week. in ahout a month, and carry on all the branches of a fuller NEWPORT, O.lober 15. and dyer of cloth.
Letters from Jamaica inform us that one of the Men of The Surveyor-General has appointed Charles Antrobus, War on that Station called lately at the Care, and\ brought Efq: to be an officer of his majetly's cuffoins to siese prohi- away one of the people that had been carried thither fiom bited and uncuttomed goods in North America And,
William Brown, hiq; in be collector of huis niajetty's cuf- toms at Salem and Marblehead.
Yefterday one of his majesty's cruizers arrived in King- Road; tis thought to be the Cygnet.
Turks. Inand'; the Captain on asking the Rezton of their Behaviour there which was looked on as a Breach of the good Understanding between the two Crowns received tot Antwer. Ita as fine by Orders from the Courts of France and Spain, A King's Frigate was difpatched by Adiniral Sir Witham Bur- By a letter from Barbados, we have advice, that Gidney naby to Turks-Illand and the Cape.
Clark, Ffq; of that Ifand, died there on the z7th of Au- gult laft, greatly lamented.
It is now confidently affirmed by fome, which however may
The Squirrel man of war, Capt. Smith, failed from this por: for Halifax laft Thursday.
The Courant's effort to give its readers a pleasing paper gained national recognition in 1932 when it was awarded first place and the Francis Wayland Ayer cup for excellence in typo- graphy in competition with all other daily papers of the country. In 1935 The Courant won first place among the papers of the country of corresponding size. The dailies were divided, in this compe- tition, into three groups.
Thomas Green issued the first copy of Hartford's first newspa- per, The Connecticut Courant, October 29, 1764, from a primitive hand press in his plant "near the North Meeting House." The pa- per is published still in the vicinity of the church which stands on the site of the North Meeting House.
Originally the paper was issued weekly but to the weekly edition was added a daily in 1837. In 1896 the weekly became a semi- weekly. The latter was discon- tinued in 1914, because in 1913 The Sunday Courant had been established. Between 1764 and 1868 no fewer than a hundred periodical publications had been undertaken in Hartford. In a ma- jority of cases these successive experiments-one sometimes being merged into another-were even- tually absorbed by The Courant. In 1866 The Courant bought The Press, which it continued until 1868 as an evening paper, but the men who had been running The Press became the controlling fac- tors in the management of the morning paper. It was at this time that General Joseph R. Hawley, William H. Goodrich, Charles Dudley Warner and Stephen A. Hubbard became the management under the firm name of Hawley, Goodrich and Company. The period of numerous mergers was
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Intimately associated in the production of The Courant have been many whose careers loom large in the history of the city and the state and some whose attainments and achievements brought them fame in far larger spheres. Ebenezer Watson joined Thomas Green in partnership on the paper, later became sole owner, and when he died in 1777 his widow, Hannah Bunce Watson, became editor and publisher-perhaps the first woman editor in Amer- ica. At least she was one of the first to act in such a capacity. She soon took George Goodwin as a business partner and later married Barzillai Hud- son, who also came into the publishing firm.
In 1815 George R. Goodwin and his sons, Rich- ard E., George Jr., Henry and Edward, became the owners of The Courant. From 1825 to 1836 the paper was conducted by Goodwin and Company, composed of George Jr., Henry and Edward. From 1836 to 1850 John L. Boswell was the publisher and editor. During the next four years Boswell had as partner William Faxon. January 1, 1855, Thomas Mills Day bought the paper and his control extended through the difficult period of the Civil War. He was graduated at Yale in 1837, practiced law, and was an able newspaper executive. After several years he took as partner Abel N. Clark, to whom he sold his share of the business in 1864. The latter remained publisher for two years. Then in 1866, as previously noted, Hawley, Goodrich and Com- pany took control of The Courant's destinies. In 1868 William H. Goodrich retired but reentered the firm the next year. Charles Hopkins Clark, who had been graduated at Yale College a few months before, joined the paper "to assist temporarily" on the night of the great fire in Chicago, October 8, 1871. Mr. Clark remained on the job continuously after that first night's work of recording the progress of the fire on maps furnished by the local insurance companies.
In December, 1890, Stephen A. Hubbard having died the year before, The Hartford Courant Com- pany was incorporated, the stock being divided among General Hawley, Charles Dudley Warner, William. H. Goodrich and Charles Hopkins Clark. Mr. Warner was president and publisher, continuing to hold these offices until October, 1900. Meantime William H. Goodrich retired and some of his shares of stock were sold to Frank S. Carey and some to Arthur I. Goodrich. From November, 1900, to March, 1905, General Hawley was presi- dent and publisher. His successor, serving from
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1906 to September, 1926, was Charles Hopkins Clark. In addition to being president and publisher, Mr. Clark was editor and during his years of man- agement there were further distributions of Courant stock among some of those associated with him in producing the paper.
In 1904 there came to The Courant from Brat- tleboro, Vermont, Henry H. Conland, the son of Dr. James Conland and Matilda ( McGuirk) Con- land. He had already gained an insight into the newspaper business, having started his career on The Brattleboro Reformer. In Hartford he joined the news staff and later widened his experience in the business offices. He became secretary of the cor- poration in 1911 and treasurer in 1913. In Septem- ber, 1926, he was elected president and publisher, succeeding Charles Hopkins Clark, who died Sep- tember 6. Mr. Conland resigned as treasurer in May, 1929, at which time the directors elected John Sudarsky to that office and made Jerome O'Callag- han assistant treasurer.
Maurice Sinclair Sherman succeeded Mr. Clark as editor of The Courant October 1, 1926. For some years previously he had been editor of The Springfield ( Mass. ) Union. Mr. Sherman, son of the late Frank Asbury Sherman, professor of mathe- matics at Dartmouth, was graduated from that in- stitution in 1894. He at once began his newspaper career as a reporter in Springfield, becoming succes- sively city editor, managing editor and editor of The Union. He served that newspaper continuously for more than thirty years, including two at Washing- ton. Mr. Sherman is a trustee of the Carnegie En- dowment for International Peace and has. a wide
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acquaintanceship among men prominent in public life. He gave the Bromley lecture on journalism at Yale in 1934.
The controlling ownership of the common stock of The Hartford Courant Company is in the hands of those actively engaged in producing the paper. There is no preferred stock nor are there any bonds or mortgages outstanding.
Those who shaped the character of the paper in its first century handed down to their successors of more modern times a proud journalistic tradition. Always the paper has been characterized by entire freedom of judgment, a peculiar vigor and initia- tive in the speedy gathering of a news report of completeness and accuracy. Clarity, unevasiveness and force have been the distinguishing marks of its editorial page, which continuously has had a fine literary flavor as well. Few newspapers in the coun- try have been so widely quoted by contemporaries near and far.
An entire volume would be required to discuss the hundreds of interesting personalities who have been identified with production of The Courant. General Joseph R. Hawley, ( 1826-1905), first man in Connecticut to enlist when Lincoln first called for volunteers, had a remarkable military record, was Governor of the state, twice served as a Congress- man and sat in the Senate of the United States.
Charles Dudley Warner, ( 1829-1900), gifted as essayist, editorial writer, and scholar became an international figure, winning distinction in belles- lettres.
Charles Hopkins Clark, ( 1848-1926), a man of rare personal charm, whose editorial page made him
a national figure, was more than a distinguished editor. He had a rare sense of humor, versatility as a writer, high attainments in scholarship, and wide influence in public affairs.
Alfred E. Burr, ( 1815-1900), began setting type for The Courant at twelve years of age and before he was twenty-one was composing room foreman. He left in 1839, buying an interest in The Times, where he became the controlling force and devel- oped his paper with great skill.
Stephen A. Hubbard, gifted executive and able newspaperman, was managing editor from 1867 to 1890.
Charles Hemenway Adams ( 1845-1915), re- membered as a brilliant editorial writer, was gradu- ated at Yale in 1866 and after serving on the New York Sun, New York Evening Post and Springfield Republican came to The Courant in 1888 as associate editor and remained with the paper until his last ill- ness.
Watson R. Sperry, Yale 1871, who had been managing editor of the New York Evening Post and United States Minister to Persia, for many years following his resignation from the diplomatic ser- vice was an editorial writer, until his retirement in 1914.
Frederick C. Penfield ( 1855-1922) began his career as a Courant reporter from 1880 to 1885, when he entered the diplomatic service as vice-con- sul to London. He was minister to Egypt from 1893 to 1897, wrote extensively, and President Wil- son made him minister to Austria-Hungary where he served during the World War period.
John Addison Porter ( 1850-1900) graduated at
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Yale in 1878, became a Courant reporter, bought the Hartford Evening Post, became an ardent cham- pion of Mckinley's candidacy for President and be- came secretary to him after the election of 1896.
Thomas Snell Weaver, ( 1845-1922), educator, superintendent of Hartford public schools, for seven years beginning in 1893, was a Courant reporter and covered every kind of event from art exhibitions to horse races.
For more than fifty years, beginning in 1864, Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart of Berkeley Divinity School, then at Middletown, was a contributing editor of The Courant, writing on science, the humanities, and preparing biographies of distinguished men.
John C. Kinney, captain in the Civil War, grad- uated at Yale in 1861, became a Courant editorial writer and left to become postmaster of Hartford. He died in 1891.
From 1890 to 1893 the managing editor of the paper was William A. Ayers. He began his service with The Courant in 1883.
Clifton I. Sherman (1866- ), an 1888 Am- herst graduate, was state editor of The Courant from 1890 to 1893, managing editor from then until 1900; on the staff of the New York Sun from 1900 to 1904 and managing editor of The Courant from 1904 to 1919. He was succeeded by Emile H. Gauvreau, who served until 1924.
George B. Armstead, who was graduated at Shef- field Scientific School at Yale in 1906, joined The Courant staff in 1920. Previously he had been en- gaged in newspaper work in New Haven, in Asbury
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Park, N. J., and Lynn, Mass. Prior to coming to Hartford he had spent two years in Europe and the Near East. He has been managing editor since 1924.
Horace B. Clark, secretary of The Hartford Courant Company, was graduated at Yale in 1898, spent two years in New York, and joined the news staff of The Courant in 1900 when his father be- came publisher and editor. Mr. Clark, after serv- ing as reporter and state editor, then entered the business offices of the paper.
Charles W. Burpee (1859- ), Yale 1883, was state editor of The Courant from 1895 to 1900, when he became managing editor and remained in that capacity until he resigned in 1934 to enter the insurance business.
William A. Graham, who died in 1920, was for many years city editor, but had relinquished this place in 1914 to become an editorial writer. On the city desk he was succeeded by Harry 1. Horton, ( 1862-1929), another indefatigable worker, who like Mr. Graham had at his command a wealth of general information and much skill as a news execu- tive.
Jacob A. Turner, who died in November, 1924, joined The Courant at the age of thirteen, and was in continuous service for almost seventy years, with the exception of a period during which he served the Union in the Civil War. His son, Frederick W., (retired ), served sixty-one years in the composing room, of which he was head for many years, and an- other son, Bertrand H. Turner, now mechanical superintendent, has served in the same department for forty-four years.
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