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The Florida Sentinel was a newspaper established in Quincy, Florida, United States and then relocated to Tallahassee, Florida where it was published from 1841 until 1865. [1] [2] Joshua Knowles founded the paper and Joseph Clisby became the paper's editor in Tallahassee. [3] The newspaper office printed a journal of the Senate during its first session [4] and reports on the Florida Supreme Court. [5] The House also contracted with him to publish their proceedings. [6] February 19, 1870, the paper covered an attack by alligators on circus animals being led through the Great Dismal Swamp. [7] In 1851, the office printed the minutes of the West Florida Baptist Association annual session held October 26 to October 29, 1850, at the Union Academy Church in Jackson County. [8]

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History

Knowles began publishing the Quincy Sentinel in Quincy, Florida (northwest of Tallahassee) in November 1839. [9] The paper began publishing in Tallahassee in February or March 1841 as a successor to Quincy Sentinel. [1]

Reporting

Clisby reported on the lynching of alleged robber who operated during the era of the Seminole Wars. [10] Clisby went on to purchase the Macon Telegraph in Georgia in 1855. [11]

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