{{Infobox newspaper | name = The New Haven Journal-Courier | founded = 1767 | ceased_publication = 1987 | publishing_city = New Haven, Connecticut }}
'''''The New Haven Journal-Courier''''', originally published as '''''The Connecticut Journal, and New-Haven Post-Boy''''', later published as '''''The Connecticut Journal''''', the '''''Connecticut Herald''''', the '''''Morning Journal and Courier''''', '''''The Journal-Courier'',''' and several other names, was a newspaper published in New Haven, Connecticut from 1767 to 1835 by Thomas and Samuel Green<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83026144/|title=The Connecticut journal. [volume]|publisher=National Endowment for the Humanities|via=chroniclingamerica.loc.gov}}</ref> as well as others.<ref name="LC">{{cite web |title=Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress: Connecticut |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/18th/connecticut.html |accessdate=2010-10-20 |publisher=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83026144/|title=The Connecticut Journal (New-Haven [Conn.]) 1775-183?|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83026147/|title=Connecticut Journal and Advertiser (New Haven, Conn.) 1809-1809|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> The publishers also printed pamphlets including sermons and the "criminal confession" written by David Daggett about Joseph Mountain, an African American man executed in New Haven before a crowd of thousands of spectators. It was sold amongst the crowd and was a popular and influential treatise.
Thomas Green published several of Connecticut's earliest newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://greenerpasture.com/Places/ShowNews/22651|title=New Haven, Connecticut, USA - 1767 - Thomas And Samuel Green Launch Newspaper Which After Many Changes Becomes New Haven Journal-Courier | GREENERPASTURE|website=greenerpasture.com}}</ref>
In 1875, prominent Republican businessman John Bennett Carrington, Sr. acquired the paper.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Morning Journal-Courier (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn92051397/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> As the paper's editor, Carrington sought to create a "family paper" that was "conservative in tone", but not "unduly partisan".<ref name=":1" /> By the 1880s, the paper was considered to be aligned with the Republican Party.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924087125252 |title=American Newspaper Catalogue |date= |publisher=Edwin Alden & Bro.'s Advertising Agency |others= |year=1882 |page=32}}</ref> During this time, the paper was publishing under the ''Journal and Courier'' title for its daily edition, and the ''Connecticut Herald and Journal'' title for its weekly edition.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":17">{{Cite book |last=White |first=Andrew Dickson |url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924029603234 |title=Hubbard's Right Hand Record, the Newspapers of the World |date=1880-03-01 |publisher= |others= |location=New Haven, Connecticut |page=29}}</ref>
In 1987 the paper was absorbed by the ''New Haven Register''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ctstatelibrary.org/history-of-ct-newspapers/|title=History of Connecticut Newspapers|website=CT State Library}}</ref>
== Names and editions ==
* ''The Connecticut Journal, and New-Haven Post-Boy'' (October 23, 1767 – April 19, 1775)''<ref name="LC" />'' * ''Connecticut Journal'' (April 26, 1775 – May 3, 1775)''<ref name="LC" />'' * ''The Connecticut Journal, and New-Haven Post-Boy'' (May 10, 1775 – September 6, 1775)''<ref name="LC" />'' * ''The Connecticut Journal'' (September 13, 1775 – January 3, 1799)''<ref name="LC" />'' * ''Connecticut Journal and Weekly Advertiser'' (January 10, 1799 – March 28, 1799)''<ref name="LC" />'' * ''The Connecticut Journal'' (April 4, 1799 – December 29, 1808)''<ref name="LC" />'' * ''Connecticut Journal and Advertiser'' (January 5, 1809 – 1809)''<ref name="LC" />''<ref name=":0" /> * ''The Connecticut Journal'' (1809 – ?)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Connecticut Journal (New-Haven [Conn.]) 1775-183? |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83026144/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''Connecticut Herald'' (1821 – 1846)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connecticut Herald (New Haven) 1821-1846 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015817/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''New-Haven Advertiser'' (1829 – 1832)<ref>{{Cite web |title=New=haven Advertiser ([New Haven, Conn.]) 1829-1832 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82014518/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''New-Haven Daily Herald'' (1841 – 1848)<ref>{{Cite web |title=New-Haven Daily Herald (New Haven, Conn.) 1841-1848 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015816/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''Connecticut Herald and Weekly Courier'' (1846 – 1848)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connecticut Herald and Weekly Courier (New Haven [Conn.]) 1846-1848 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn93054005/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''Morning Journal and Courier'' (1848 – 1894)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015483/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''Connecticut Herald and Weekly Journal'' (1861 – ?)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connecticut Herald and Weekly Journal (New Haven, Conn.) 1861-19?? |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84023015/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''The Daily Morning Journal and Courier'' (1894 – 1907)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daily Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020358/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''The Morning Journal-Courier'' (1907 – 1913)<ref name=":1" /> * ''New Haven Journal-Courier'' (1913 – 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Haven Journal-Courier (New Haven, Conn.) 1913-1932 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020359/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''New Haven Journal-Courier and New Haven Times'' (1932 – 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Haven Journal-Courier and New Haven Times (New Haven, Conn.) 1932-1959 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020360/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''New Haven Journal-Courier'' (1959 – 1973)<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Haven Journal-Courier (New Haven, Conn.) 1959-1973 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82016140/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref> * ''The Journal-Courier'' (1973 – 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Journal-Courier (New Haven, Conn.) 1973-1987 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/sn82015820/ |access-date=2026-03-02 |website=Library of Congress}}</ref>
==See also== *List of newspapers in Connecticut
==References== {{Reflist}}
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