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NOTE.

Maine. The first paper printed in this state is said to have been established
at Falmouth in 1785 for the purpose of advocating a separation
from Massachusetts. It was about the size of a sheet of foolscap, and
was made up principally of extracts from other papers, giving dates a
fortnight or three weeks old from Boston and New York as the latest intelligence.
The printer, whose name is not mentioned, was living in
1842.

Michigan. It is stated in the Catholic Almanac of 1871, that Gabriel
Richard, a French Catholic priest, was the first person that undertook
printing west of the Alleghanies. He printed a paper called the Essai du
Michigan in 1809, which seems to have given offense to the British authorities,
by whom he was imprisoned. There were undoubtedly earlier
printers west of the Alleghanies.

Illinois. The Illinois Herald, the first paper in that state, was begun
at or before 1809, by Matthew Duncan, at Kaskaskia. It passed soon after
under the name of Illinois Intelligencer, and was removed to Vandalia.

Mississippi. A paper is said to have been established at Natchez in
1808, but nothing authentic is found concerning it.

Missouri. A paper is reported to have been printed at St. Louis, called
the Gazette in 1806.

Indiana. The Western Sun, the first paper in this territory, was begun
at Vincennes in 1808.

Wisconsin. The Green Bay Republican was printed by W. Shoals in
1831 or 1832.

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Arkansas. The first paper in this state is supposed to have been issued
in 1834, at Little Rock.

Iowa had a paper at Burlington in 1836.

Texas. The Galveston Star was commenced in 1834.

California. It was not till 1848 that a paper was begun on a small
sheet at San Francisco, called Alta California.

Oregon. A paper called The Freeman was begun at Columbia in 1847.

Minnesota. S. Randall began to publish The Register at St. Paul in
1849.—M.