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Newspaper Article Reprints by Region
New York supplied the most articles for reprinting for both Augusta and Franklin editors. The Augusta newspapers relied heavily
on Richmond for news stories. Other Southern cities' papers, such as the Charleston Mercury for example, supplied only a handful of stories to these editors. In the case of Charleston, Staunton's Whig editor reprinted
just six stories and Chambersburg's editors also picked up six stories total.
| Place |
Rep. Vindicator |
Staunton Spectator |
Franklin Repository |
Valley Spirit |
| Southern Origin Totals |
73 |
156 |
72 |
73 |
| Richmond Totals |
32 |
61 |
23 |
17 |
| Baltimore Totals |
2 |
13 |
17 |
9 |
| Louisville Totals |
0 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
| Lynchburg Totals |
4 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| Northern Origin Totals |
64 |
106 |
180 |
308 |
| New York Totals |
47 |
77 |
57 |
159 |
| Philadelphia Totals |
2 |
8 |
31 |
28 |
| Harrisburg Totals |
0 |
0 |
15 |
35 |
| Cincinnati Totals |
0 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
Data are derived from Katherine Pierce, "Networks of Disunion" (unpublished paper). Pierce surveyed 1,100 newspaper articles
from the Valley of the Shadow Project between 1857 and 1865 in all four of the project's newspapers.
Edward L. Ayers and William G. Thomas, III
Newspaper Article Reprints by Region
2001
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Newspapers in Franklin were little different from those in Augusta, but the orientation of the Repository and Transcript as
the lead Republican paper set the county apart from its neighbors and from those in the South."
"Staunton newspapers bore visual and textual markings of slavery, as they regularly contained ads for runaway slaves, slave
agents, and slave sales."
"The Chambersburg newspapers sold a greater range of products than their counterparts in Staunton, and businesses there faced
greater competition as well."
Citation: Key = E170
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