Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-01
s4. Y - BULLETIN, kna eouRlER's 12aRD RiRTn9jsY ANNIVERSARY

Sunday, Nov. g, 1s1s, made the
 I2Srd birthday anniversary Of tie Norwich Bulletin and Norwich Cour- fer, 1ineal suecessorsH Of the Chelsea Courier, NofTfcl, of which Thomas Hubbard issued No. i. Volume l, on
 Nor. 50. 179e.
 Souvenir Taylor Of Hartford, in honor. Of the t23rt birthday of The Bulletin and Courier sends the follow ing data in regard to the national and state officers of t7S6, the year The Courier was established.
 George Washington. "tbe father ef his country, "s of Virginia, was pres
 ident and John Adams of Aiassacilu-
 setts was vice president. The United
 States senators from Connecticut
 were: Uriah Tracy of Litchheld and
 James Hillhouse of. New :. Haven:
 representatives in congress- Joshua
 Colt, New London. Samuel ". Dana,
 Middietown James Davenport, Stafri-
 ford; Chauncey Goodrich, Hartford;
 Roger Griswold, Lyme; Nathanie.
 smith. Woedbury; zeppaniah Swift
 Wfndhanl. The state officers were:
 Governor, Oliver Wolcott, Litchfield;
 lieutenant- governor, Jonathan Truu-
 bull, Lebanon; secretary, Samuel Wyilys. Hartford; treasurer, Andrew
 kingsbury, Hartford; conptrolle,,
 John Porter, Lebanon. There were
 two sessions of the legislature in t7s6 in May and October. The members
 from Norwich the May session were Joseph Williams and John Backus; October session, Elisha Hyde and Asa Spapldirg. The pioneer newspaper os Norwich had this ambitious title: The Nor { wich Packet and tho Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
 Rhode Island Weekly Advertiser 1 This first newspaper of the town bore , the date, From Thursday, Oct. 1. to Thursday. Oct. ', 1773.' At this time i the population of Norwich was only 1 29s7. The Packet was issued at first 1 by the three Robertson brothers. The Harne was later changed to The Con necticut Centinel, but soon afterwards was discotinued, and had no Heal sue l cessor. The second paper to be es- i tablished i'll Norwich was The Weekly Register of which the present Nor
 wich Bulletin and Courier is really the lineal successor. It was publish of the meeting house." On June II ! 1791 Thomas Hubbard, Mr. Bush I nelrs brother-in-la Jaw, joined the firn 4 and in October, 1793. Mr. Bushnell re ] tired and he assumed full control. Mr 1 Hubbard continued to publish Tn
 Register Of the, old town till 17St
 when the growth of the business a
 the Landing led him to change hi
 i>base. He opened new office there
 removed his type and presses, and oi Nov. 30. 1796, issued his paper nnde l 2 new name. No. l, Vol. i, of this pa per bore the title Chelsea Courier ,'l Norwich. (ChelseA Society," printe : and published by Thomas Hubbard. ! It was really. a continuation of Tn ; Register and has now successful f continued under tic name Courier fo s 123 years On March 22, 1909, ;. th ! name was changed to Norwich Cour 2 fer From March :, 1s43, to Augls l IF, 1S49, was issued ,Norwichs frs daily. The Daily Courier. It failed i $ pay expenses and was ;dfscontinue,
 eOther dailies and try weekly feilowe e when the Norwich Morning Bullet : was established by w. D.. Marnifa; | James x. Perry, Isaac H. 3romle l band Homer Bliss, under the firm nam $ Of Manning, Perry &s Co. MT. Bron t ley was the editor, Mir. Perry tt s business manager and Mir. Mannin : the superintendent of printing. Il December. 1860. the company pui 5 chased The Courier and has sint ! issued it as the weekly edition of TT : Bulletin. The Bulletin has been fol t tunates in having model editors ar Y business managers. It was first ii
 sued from an office in Chapman Q block, Franklin square, and early ] q August, 1866, removed to The Bul1s ' tin building On Main street. In Not Il ember. 19o4, the plant was moved 1 s the present building erected by u
 company in Franklin street.