 Middlebury Register, April 02, 1850 | |
| Type | Weekly Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1836 |
| OCLC number | 57700887 |
The Middlebury Register was a weekly newspaper published in Middlebury, Vermont from 1836 through 1947, one of Vermont's longest running weekly newspapers. [1] [2] [3]
The newspaper began as a campaign paper for the Whig Party, founded by Justus Cobb and Daniel Spooner in 1836. Cobb left soon afterward, but returned as printer and publisher from 1842 until 1859. [1] Local publisher and philanthropist Joseph Battell ran the newspaper from 1883-1919. [4] As Battell was a horse enthusiast, the paper contained an illustrated "Horse Department" featuring articles about Morgan horses which were his favorite. [1] He would also frequently publish news about local automobile accidents because he didn't like cars' pollution and displacement of horses. [5]
The paper's original name was the People's Press, and Anti-Masonic Democrat. [1] It underwent frequent name changes until 1850 being known by names such as People's Press, Addison County Democrat, Northern Galaxy, Middlebury People's Press, Middlebury Galaxy, Middlebury Register, and Middlebury Register and Addison County Journal. [1] In 1850 the newspaper changed its name to the Middlebury Register and maintained that name until the last decade of its existence when it became the Middlebury Register & Addison County Journal from 1937 to 1947. [1]
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Middlebury is the shire town of Addison County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,152. Middlebury is home to Middlebury College and the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History.
The Presidential Range is a mountain range in the Green Mountains of the U.S. state of Vermont. All of the summits of the peaks in the range are located in Addison County but the eastern slopes in the northern part of the range extend into Washington County. The major peaks in the range are named for several U.S. presidents from the period of the American Civil War through World War I.
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Joseph Battell was a publisher and philanthropist from Middlebury, Vermont. Battell is credited with preserving Vermont forest land including the land for Camel's Hump State Park. The Joseph Battell Wilderness in the Green Mountain National Forest bears his name.
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The Addison County Independent is a weekly newspaper located in Middlebury, VT that covers Addison County. The paper was founded in 1946 as the Addison Independent and is now owned and published by Angelo Lynn. The paper is a member of the New England Newspapers and Press Association, and in 2016, the paper won the award of first place for general excellence in its class from the association. The paper is published weekly on Thursdays.
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The Morgan Horse Farm is a historic horse breeding facility at 74 Battell Drive in Weybridge, Vermont. Since 1907, it has been an official breeding site for the Morgan horse, one of the first American-bred horse breeds, and Vermont's official state animal. The breeding program was established in Burlington in 1905, and moved to this site in 1907 by the United States Department of Agriculture, and is now run by the University of Vermont. The farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Charles Linsley was a Vermont lawyer and politician. The son-in-law of Daniel Chipman, he was notable for his service as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont (1845-1849), member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1858-1859), and U.S. Collector of Customs for Vermont (1860-1861).
The Journal Opinion is a weekly newspaper based in Bradford in the U.S. state of Vermont. It was formed in 1978 through the unification of the Journal of Woodsville, New Hampshire and the United Opinion of Bradford by Robert "Bob" Powell who owned both papers. The Bradford Journal-Opinion is published weekly on Wednesdays and it covers the areas of Orange County, Vermont and Grafton County, New Hampshire. According to the American Newspapers Representative database, the Journal-Opinion has a weekly paid circulation of 4,700 and a free circulation of 500.
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The 1852 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, September 7. Incumbent governor Charles K. Williams, a Whig, was not a candidate for reelection. In the voting, Whig Erastus Fairbanks received 49.2 percent, Democrat John S. Robinson 31.3 percent, and Free Soil Party nominee Lawrence Brainerd 19.6 percent.
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