The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-08
VERMONT NEWSPAPERS.
First in State Printed in 1778 on First
Press Brought to ADerica.

Probably the most extensive and. in
teresting private collection of books,
newspapers and documents of Vermont
and Vermont history existent is the
property of Charles E. and Riford r.
futile of Rutland The Tuttle brothers
have been collecting the photography of
Vermont for a number of years and pri-
vate collectors and public libraries look
to them for some of the rarest speci-
mems.
The Messrs. futile during this sum
mer have secured Vermont and have
added to their collection q large amount
Of very rare papers and manuscripts.
Old atties have disgorged themselves of
ancient tones that delight the heart of
the collector Among other things q
large number of the earliest newspapers
published in Vermont have been col
lected.
The first newspaper in Vermont was
published approximately in IFS. 1t
was undoubtedly printed on the first
printing press brought to America and
to New England from England III 1889.
The press was set mp in Dresden by
Timothy Green in IT'S and two wears
| later was moved to Westminster, Wind
| ham county, and used by Green and
| Spooner
The Turtles have a copy of Spooner S
Vermont Journal, Volume Is, No 643
| Of November %, 1895, They have about
30 issues of this paper printed between
| 1875 and 1924. The press upon which
| this paper is printed is in the Vermont
| Historical society 5 rooms at the state
house in Montpelier.
About 10 copies of The Post Boy
published at Windsor. have been picked
/ up, the earliest issue being Vol. | No. .
| Of January s. 1905. Nahum Mower
! was the publisher.
About 100 copies of the Windsor
Gazette, starting with Vol. ., No. 80
on April Is. 1892, are in the collection
the other numbers being of dates up tc
1905. There are also early copies of the
Vermont Republican printed in 1916 At
| Windsor.
The first copy of the Weekly Wan
derer. printed at Randolph by Serene
/ Wright is dated April IL, 1901. and j.
No. Is of Vol / There are $50 copies
| between this date and 1899 This i,
! the first paper published IN Randolph
and the only one published there priol
| to 1916
The Turtles have early copies of TIL,
| Farmers Weekly Museum or the New
| Hampshire aud Vermont Journal, print
ed at Walpole, " H., the earliest issu,
4 being No. 2l1 Of Vol ). dated April Is
1897. There are about 80 copies of thi
| paper between that date and 1899.
The earliest issue of Middlebur,
paper is the Green Mountain Argus
| No. 81 of Vol >. printed in 1910 ]
Cobb, jr.. was the publisher.
\ very Interesting paper, which i
also very rare. is a copy of the Swan
ION North America, published by Fl
!. Thomas. This paper was a sort o
Canadian American rights and Cana
dian independence advocate. TIL
earliest Issue "a, the collection is NJ
II of Vel. /. dated June 20, 1899.
An ancientBenningto paper is tn
Vermont Gazette, published by Dariu
clark. The earliest copy in The CO.
lection is Vol. IL, No. 81, dated Apr
10, 1922. This paper was therefore e,
ablished about 1901. The futile bro
hers have about 30 copies of the earl
ssueS of this paper.
A copy of the first issue of the Brar
don Post, published by p. Weleh, date