The Union and Advertiser

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 by Luther Tucker, its first issue being 25 October 1826.[4] It was the first daily paper published west of Albany.[5] In 1855 the Daily Union was established as an afternoon competitor to the Advertiser. Within a year it was purchased by John E. Morey and consolidated with the Advertiser, creating the Union and Advertiser.[6] In 1918 Frank Gannett purchased both the Union and Advertiser and the Evening Times, another daily, and merged the two to create the Times-Union, which was published daily until 1997.

The New York Times reported on the paper's American Civil War era coverage in 1863.[7]

The paper covered the National Convention of Spiritualists in Rochester August 26–28, 1868.[8]

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.[9]

In 1888, the offices of the Union and Advertiser moved into the H.H. Warner Building on Exchange Street.[10]

In 1908, the Union and Advertiser press was used to publish a publication on the origin and development of Rochester's park system.[11]

March 9, 1911 the paper ran an obituary on William Webster, landscape artist at the Glen Iris Estate,[12] 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. ↑ Frank, Meryl; McKelvey, Blake (July 1959). "Some Former Rochesterians of National Distinction" (PDF). Rochester History. XXI (3): 23. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  5. ↑ McKelvey, Blake (July 1962). "A Sesquicentennial Review of Rochester's History" (PDF). Rochester History. XXIV (3): 10. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  6. ↑ Morey Jr., John (1927). "First Daily Newspaper of Rochester". The Rochester Historical Society. VI: 264. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  7. ↑ "The Democratic Party and the Peace; Movement". The New York Times. June 8, 1863.
  8. ↑ "1868 Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser". iapsop.com.
  9. ↑ "The union and advertiser, May number". September 3, 2013 – via Flickr.
  10. ↑ Morey, 267
  11. ↑ "The origin & development of Rochester's park system". Union and advertiser press. May 26, 1908. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.37138. hdl:2027/loc.ark:/13960/t13n2nw0t. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ↑ "A Glimpse of..." www.letchworthparkhistory.com.
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