Miscellaneous Chatham Newspapers

This is a collection of Chatham newspapers from the mid 19th century:

• →Chatham Chronicle: the Chronicle appeared soon after the Gleaner was sold in 1849 by George Gould to Noah L. Freeman, and was published by Gould for a year.

• →Chatham Gleaner: launched in 1844, the Gleaner was established to support the Baldwin-Lafontaine party, which would usher in Responsible Government in Canada when elected in 1848.

• →Kent Advertiser: the successor to the Chatham Gleaner, it would publish from 1848 till 1859, becoming the Western Argus.

• →Western Sentinel: a short-lived newspaper, the Sentinel was started by Charles Wood in November 1847, and had ceased publishing by the end of the same year.

For more information on the history of Chatham newspapers, see Romantic Kent : more than three centuries of history, 1626-1952 by Victor Lauriston, a lawyer turned journalist who started at the Chatham Planet but had a long career with the Chatham Daily News. See also the University of Waterloo subject guide Newspapers: Ontario English-Language 19th century: Acton - Chatham and the Chatham-Kent Public Library Community Newspapers page.

Essay prepared by Art Rhyno