Morning Chronicle (New York)

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The Morning Chronicle was a daily newspaper that appeared in New York from October 1, 1802 to June 15, 1807 . In addition to the daily editions, a digest , the Chronicle Express , appeared twice a week from 1802–1804 .

It was founded at the instigation of the then American Vice President Aaron Burr , who in the increasingly heated political climate was exposed to ever sharper attacks from the Federalist Party , in particular from the New York Evening Post , supported by his arch rival, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton , but also from the Press of its rivals within the Republicans , in particular the American Citizen published by its one-time supporter James Cheetham , which was under the control of the political clan around George Clinton and his nephew DeWitt Clinton . William A. Davis, the brother of Burr's close confidante Matthew L. Davis , was appointed editor-in-chief by Burr, the doctor Peter Irving . Irving also wrote most of the political articles, which ultimately only made up a few of the paper's 20 or so pages.

In terms of literary history, the Morning Chronicle is of interest, as the first published works by Peter Irving's younger brother Washington Irving appeared in its pages . There are nine satirical sketches about the social goings-on in New York; six of the nine alleged letters to the editor are primarily theater reviews. They were first published in aggregate in 1824 as Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle . Two other Irving brothers, William and John Treat Irving, also occasionally contributed articles or poems. Other writers were the Swartwout brothers John, Robert and Samuel and Matthew L. Davis.

In December 1805, after Burr shot Hamilton in a duel, and so ended his political career, Irving resigned from his editorial office.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See catalog entry in the Library of Congress
  2. ^ Nancy Isenberg : Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr. Penguin, New York 2008, pp. 247-252.
  3. ^ Stanley T. Williams: The Life of Washington Irving. Volume 1. Oxford University Press, New York 1935, pp. 35-41.
  4. ↑ Frederic Hudson et al. (Ed.): American Journalism, 1690-1940. Volume 2. Routledge, New York 2000, p. 263.