Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser of April 15, 1865

The Union and Advertiser, also known as the Daily Union and Advertiser was a newspaper in Rochester, New York.[1] It was published by Curtis, Butts & Co.[2] from 1856 until at least 1886. For at least part of its history it was a daily. Several volumes are part of the Library of Congress' collection. It was succeeded in 1918 by the Rochester Times-Union.

Papers it competed with over the years included the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.[3]

History

The Rochester Daily Advertiser was published from 1826.

The New York Times reported on the paper's American Civil War era coverage in 1863.[4]

The paper covered the National Convention of Spiritualists in Rochester August 26-28 1868.[5]

The Union and Advertiser, May 1895 advertising poster by Harvey Ellis

Artist Harvey Ellis had a work published in the paper in 1895. It is now held by the Boston Public Library.[6]

In 1908, the Union and Advertiser press was used to publish a publication on the origin and development of Rochester's park system.[7]

March 9, 1911 the paper ran an obituary on William Webster, landscape artist at the Glen Iris Estate, [8] home to the William Pryor Letchworth's residence that became the Glen Iris Inn and the land that is now part of Letchworth State Park.

References

  1. ↑ "Rochester Union and Advertiser (Rochester, N.Y.) 1856-1860". Library of Congress.
  2. ↑ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "Rochester daily union and advertiser. [volume]" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  3. ↑ Kronk, Gary W. (September 19, 2017). Lewis Swift: Celebrated Comet Hunter and the People's Astronomer. Springer. ISBN 9783319637211 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "The Democratic Party and the Peace; Movement". The New York Times. June 8, 1863.
  5. ↑ "1868 Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser". iapsop.com.
  6. ↑ "The union and advertiser, May number". September 3, 2013 – via Flickr.
  7. ↑ "The origin & development of Rochester's park system". Union and advertiser press. May 26, 1908. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.37138. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ↑ "A Glimpse of..." www.letchworthparkhistory.com.
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