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Excerpt from Pioneer Efforts in Catholic Journalism in the United States (1809-1840)
With one or two exceptions the Irish journals down to the year 1840 had an ephemeral and rather precarious existence. The Shamrock or Hibernian Chronicle was first issued on December 15, 1810. It suspended publication four times before it was finally discontinued.13 One of the most eventful years of this paper's career occurred when Rufus King was running for Governor of New York. Thomas Addis Emmett on that occasion came out openly in the press and attacked him with the overwhelming force of his rare and brilliant mind. In March, 1816, a systematic opposition against King, headed by Emmett, swept through New York.14 As these exiles of Erin smote this Caesar with their trenchant quills, The principal source for the facts regarding this paper are the files of the periodical itself which may be found almost complete up to the year 1816, in the Library of Congress. When this publication reappeared on June 18, 1814, it dropped the latter part of its title, - Hibernian Chronicle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
