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The three volumes in the Editorials on Secession series include 678 editorials from the following newspapers. This list sorts them by the name of the newspaper in which they appeared. Separate pages list them in order of the the number of editorials published in each newspaper and by the city or locality in which they were published.

 

Newspaper State City # of Eds.
Akron Summit County Beacon Ohio Akron 1
Albany Atlas and Argus New York Albany 5
Albany Evening Journal New York Albany 3
Allentown Democrat Pennsylvania Allentown 1
Augusta Kennebec Journal Maine Augusta 1
Aurora Beacon (Ill.) Illinois Aurora 1
Bangor Daily Evening Times Maine Bangor 2
Bangor Daily Union Maine Bangor 1
Bedford Gazette (Pa.) Pennsylvania Bedford 1
Bellefontaine Republican (Ohio) Ohio Bellefontaine 1
Boston and New York Pine and Palm     1
Boston Daily Advertiser Massachusetts Boston 5
Boston Daily Atlas and Bee Massachusetts Boston 4
Boston Daily Courier Massachusetts Boston 6
Boston Daily Journal Massachusetts Boston 1
Boston Evening Transcript Massachusetts Boston 1
Boston Herald Massachusetts Boston 3
Boston Post Massachusetts Boston 3
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette Massachusetts Boston 1
Brooklyn Daily Eagle New York Brooklyn 3
Bucyrus Weekly Journal (Ohio) Ohio Bucyrus 1
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser New York Buffalo 5
Buffalo Daily Courier New York Buffalo 4
Buffalo Morning Express New York Buffalo 4
Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye (Iowa) Iowa Burlington 1
Burlington Daily Times (Vt.) Vermont Burlington 2
Burlington Weekly Sentinel (Vt.) Vermont Burlington 1
Camden Democrat New Jersey Camden 1
Cannelton Reporter (Ind.) Indiana Cannelton 1
Canton Stark County Democrat Ohio Canton 1
Charleston Kanawha Valley Star ([West] Va.) [West] Va. Charleston 1
Charlestown Advertiser (Mass.) Massachusetts Charlestown 2
Chatfield Republican (Minn.) Minn. Chatfield 1
Chicago Daily Democrat Illinois Chicago 2
Chicago Daily Journal Illinois Chicago 1
Chicago Daily Times and Herald Illinois Chicago 2
Chicago Daily Tribune Illinois Chicago 6
Chicago Times Illinois Chicago 1
Cincinnati Daily Commercial Ohio Cincinnati 11
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer Ohio Cincinnati 6
Cincinnati Daily Gazette Ohio Cincinnati 2
Cincinnati Daily Press Ohio Cincinnati 2
Cincinnati Daily Times Ohio Cincinnati 7
Circleville Watchman (O.) Ohio Circleville 1
Cleveland Daily National Democrat Ohio Cleveland 2
Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer Ohio Cleveland 3
Cleveland Morning Leader Ohio Cleveland 1
Columbus Crisis Ohio Columbus 1
Columbus Daily Capital City Fact Ohio Columbus 6
Columbus Daily Ohio State Journal Ohio Columbus 2
Columbus Daily Ohio Statesman Ohio Columbus 3
Columbus Gazette Ohio Columbus 1
Concord Democratic Standard (N. H.) New Hampshire Concord 3
Concord New Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette New Hampshire Concord 2
Constantine Weekly Mercury and St. Joseph County Advertiser (Mich.) Michigan Constantine 1
Daily Boston Traveller Massachusetts Boston 3
Daily Chicago Post Illinois Chicago 2
Daily Chicago Times Illinois Chicago 7
Daily Chronicle and Sentinel Georgia Augusta 6
Daily Courier Kentucky Louisville 9
Daily Dayton Journal Ohio Dayton 1
Daily Milwaukee Press and News Wisconsin Milwaukee 3
Daily Missouri Republican Missouri St. Louis 4
Daily Nashville Patriot Tennessee Nashville 7
Daily Pittsburgh Gazette Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 4
Davenport Daily Gazette Iowa Davenport 1
Davenport Democrat and News Iowa Davenport 1
Dawson's Fort Wayne Daily Times Indiana Fort Wayne 1
Des Moines Iowa State Journal Iowa Des Moines 1
Des Moines Iowa State Register Iowa Des Moines 3
Detroit Daily Advertiser Michigan Detroit 1
Detroit Daily Tribune Michigan Detroit 3
Detroit Free Press Michigan Detroit 6
Dubuque Daily Times Iowa Dubuque 2
Dubuque Herald Iowa Dubuque 5
Easton Argus Pennsylvania Easton 1
Easton Daily Evening Express Pennsylvania Easton 1
Elkhorn Independent Wisconsin Elkhorn 1
Erie Weekly Gazette Pennsylvania Erie 2
Evansville Daily Journal Indiana Evansville 3
Grand Rapids Daily Enquirer Michigan Grand Rapids 2
Greenfield Gazette and Courier Massachusetts Greenfield 1
Guttenberg Mississippi Valley Register Iowa Guttenberg 1
Hamilton Telegraph Ohio Hamilton 1
Harrisburg Daily Patriot and Union Pennsylvania Harrisburg 3
Harrisburg Pennsylvania Daily Telegraph Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1
Hartford Daily Courant Connecticut Hartford 2
Hartford Daily Times Connecticut Hartford 1
Hartford Evening Press Connecticut Hartford 3
Henderson Weekly Democrat Minnesota Henderson 1
Indianapolis Daily Journal Indiana Indianapolis 8
Indianapolis Daily State Sentinel Indiana Indianapolis 1
Indianapolis Indiana American Indiana Indianapolis 1
Indianapolis Indiana Daily State Sentinel Indiana Indianapolis 2
Ithaca American Citizen New York Ithaca 1
Jersey City American Standard New Jersey Jersey City 5
Jersey City Daily Courier and Advertiser New Jersey Jersey City 1
Joliet Signal Illinois Joliet 1
Kenosha Democrat Wisconsin Kenosha 2
Lancaster Daily Evening Express Pennsylvania Lancaster 1
Lancaster Examiner and Herald Pennsylvania Lancaster 1
Lancaster Intelligencer Pennsylvania Lancaster 1
Louisville Daily Journal Kentucky Louisville 9
Lowell Daily Journal and Courier Massachusetts Lowell 1
Lynn Weekly Reporter Massachusetts Lynn 1
Madison Daily Argus and Democrat Wisconsin Madison 1
Madison Wisconsin Daily Patriot Wisconsin Madison 3
Madison Wisconsin Daily State Journal Wisconsin Madison 2
Manchester Union Democrat New Hampshire Manchester 1
Manhattan City Western Kansas Express Kansas Manhattan City 1
Martinsburg Virginia Republican West Virginia Martinsburg 1
Milwaukee Daily People’s Press Wisconsin Milwaukee 1
Milwaukee Daily Sentinel Wisconsin Milwaukee 2
Milwaukee Daily Wisconsin Wisconsin Milwaukee 3
Miners' Journal, and Pottsville General Advertiser Pennsylvania Pottsville 1
Montgomery Daily Post Alabama Montgomery 1
Montgomery Weekly Post Alabama Montgomery 1
Montpelier Daily Green Mountain Freeman Vermont Montpelier 2
Montpelier Vermont Watchman and State Journal Vermont Montpelier 1
Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer New York New York 3
Muncie Eastern Indiana Courant Indiana Muncie 1
Muscatine Daily Review Iowa Muscatine 1
Nashville Union and American Tennessee Nashville 5
New Albany Daily Ledger Indiana New Albany 2
New Haven Daily Palladium Connecticut New Haven 2
New Haven Daily Register Connecticut New Haven 1
New Haven Morning Journal and Courier Connecticut New Haven 1
New Orleans Daily Crescent Louisiana New Orleans 16
New York Commercial Advertiser New York New York 1
New York Daily News New York New York 8
New York Daily Tribune New York New York 15
New York Evening Day-Book New York New York 3
New York Evening Post New York New York 5
New York Herald New York New York 11
New York Journal of Commerce New York New York 12
New York Times New York New York 9
New York World New York New York 3
Newark Daily Advertiser New Jersey Newark 1
Newark Daily Advertiser New Jersey Newark 3
Newark Daily Mercury New Jersey Newark 4
Newark Evening Journal New Jersey Newark 1
Newburyport Daily Herald Massachusetts Newburyport 3
Newport Advertiser Rhode Island Newport 1
Newport Mercury Rhode Island Newport 1
Niles Republican Michigan Niles 1
Norristown Register and Montgomery Democrat and Watchman Pennsylvania Norristown 1
North Carolina Standard North Carolina Raleigh 5
Oshkosh Northwestern Wisconsin Oshkosh 1
Paris Oxford Democrat Maine Paris 2
Paterson Daily Guardian New Jersey Paterson 1
Peoria Daily Democratic Union Illinois Peoria 2
Peoria Daily Transcript Illinois Peoria 3
Philadelphia Daily Evening Bulletin Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2
Philadelphia Daily News Pennsylvania Philadelphia 2
Philadelphia Evening Journal Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1
Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania Philadelphia 6
Philadelphia Morning Pennsylvanian Pennsylvania Philadelphia 6
Philadelphia North American and United States Gazette Pennsylvania Philadelphia 9
Philadelphia Press Pennsylvania Philadelphia 7
Philadelphia Public Ledger Pennsylvania Philadelphia 3
Philadelphia Sunday Dispatch Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1
Philadelphia. Inquirer Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1
Pittsburgh Evening Chronicle Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 1
Pittsburgh Post Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 4
Portland Daily Advertiser Maine Portland 2
Portland Eastern Argus Maine Portland 3
Providence Daily Journal Rhode Island Providence 4
Providence Daily Post Rhode Island Providence 7
Providence Evening Press Rhode Island Providence 5
Quincy Daily Whig and Republican Illinois Quincy 4
Reading Berks and Schuylkill Journal Pennsylvania Reading 1
Republican Banner Tennessee Nashville 6
Richmond Dispatch Virginia Richmond 1
Richmond Enquirer Virginia Richmond 8
Richmond Semi-weekly Examiner Virginia Richmond 13
Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser Virginia Richmond 2
Rochester Daily Union and Advertiser New York Rochester 2
Rockford Register Illinois Rockford 2
Rockford Republican Illinois Rockford 1
Roxbury Norfolk County Journal Massachusetts Roxbury 2
Saint Paul Daily Press Minnesota Saint Paul 1
Salem Washington Democrat Indiana Salem 1
Sandusky Daily Commercial Register Ohio Sandusky 2
Sioux City Register Iowa Sioux City 1
Springfield Daily Illinois State Journal Illinois Springfield 6
Springfield Daily Illinois State Register Illinois Springfield 2
Springfield Daily Republican Massachusetts Springfield 5
St. Clairsville Gazette and Citizen Ohio St. Clairsville 1
St. Paul Daily Minnesotian Minnesota St. Paul 1
Syracuse Daily Courier and Union New York Syracuse 4
The Charleston Mercury South Carolina Charleston 12
The Daily Constitutionalist Georgia Augusta 4
The Daily Delta Louisiana New Orleans 6
The Daily Herald North Carolina Wilmington 3
The Daily Picayune Louisiana New Orleans 10
The Daily South Carolinian South Carolina Columbia 3
The Daily True Delta Louisiana New Orleans 11
The Examiner Tennessee Gallatin 1
The Florence Gazette Alabama Florence 1
The Kentucky Statesman Kentucky Lexington 7
The New Orleans Bee Louisiana New Orleans 23
The Review Virginia Charlottesville 4
The Savannah Republican Georgia Savannah 1
The Wilmington Journal North Carolina Wilmington 1
Trenton Daily State Gazette and Republican New Jersey Trenton 1
Trenton Daily True American New Jersey Trenton 2
Troy Daily Arena New York Troy 2
Troy Daily Times New York Troy 2
Troy Daily Whig New York Troy 1
Utica Daily Observer New York Utica 2
Utica Morning Herald and Daily Gazette New York Utica 3
Vicksburg Daily Whig Mississippi Vicksburg 1
Wabash Plain Dealer Indiana Wabash 1
Washington Constitution   District of Columbia 2
Washington Daily National Intelligencer   District of Columbia 2
Washington National Republican   District of Columbia 4
Washington Reporter and Tribune   District of Columbia 1
Washington States and Union   District of Columbia 4
Weekly Montgomery Confederation Alabama Montgomery 2
Wellsburg Herald West Virginia Wellsburg 2
Weston Herald West Virginia Wellsburg 1
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer West Virginia Wheeling 6
Wilkes-Barre Luzerne Union Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre 2
Worcester Palladium Massachusetts Worcester 2
Worcester Transcript Massachusetts Worcester 1
 

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Newspapers
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Editorials
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Background
Provides additional context for the editorials through supplementary documents, statistical data, and a guide to further reading.
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Teaching
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