tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post8041873243807771940..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Tracing Its LineageCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-21452609060425616992012-04-21T17:54:27.892-04:002012-04-21T17:54:27.892-04:00When I was doing research on this in the early ...When I was doing research on this in the early '90s, I discovered that the RS was the 6th oldest continuously published "daily" (defined as six days a week) in the U.S. (As I recall, the Hartford Courant was #1.) I wish I could recall the organization that tracked these things.Peter Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627451247693034161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-56104317124166903722012-04-20T21:11:13.424-04:002012-04-20T21:11:13.424-04:00Thanks,
So Edmonds would have still been the head ...Thanks,<br />So Edmonds would have still been the head of Fire Dept and the Editor and then Judge Edmonds and still editor<br />Interesting guy!Prison Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059050028975347899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-79611594099488317742012-04-20T20:33:50.240-04:002012-04-20T20:33:50.240-04:00To answer your second question, the newspaper move...To answer your second question, the newspaper moved to Warren and Fourth streets in 1862.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-78140652961538169642012-04-20T20:24:08.612-04:002012-04-20T20:24:08.612-04:00No, Prison Alley, I think it was 50 years before h...No, Prison Alley, I think it was 50 years before his death that he became the editor of the Gazette, which would have been 1824, when Oliver Wiswall took over the paper.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-21811910526060567952012-04-20T19:53:38.853-04:002012-04-20T19:53:38.853-04:00I hope so too.Carole's link above takes you to...I hope so too.Carole's link above takes you to Stair site& paintings<br /> and a very interesting BIO by<br />Walter Ritchie of the Stoddard's<br /><br />Thanks Carole for posting story <br />I wish we had a museum.The history here is so rich.<br />It's what primarily what made me want to live here.<br />Why I get so upset when it is not protected.<br />Why I only wanted a house built by the founders<br />of Hudson from Nantucket.<br /> <br />[from Capt.Ellis. 1878]<br />"The first fire in Hudson occurred in the year 1793,<br /> the property destroyed being a book-store<br /> and the office of the Hudson Gazette,<br /> both owned by Ashbel Stoddard. <br /> There were then no engines, nor any organization "<br />"This fire was a sharp warning to the inhabitants of Hudson<br /> and was the immediate cause of the first organization of a fire department."<br />Stoddard's burnt to the ground .He rebuilt in same spot.<br />- - - - - -<br />Judge Edmonds mentioned above was<br /> "Chief-Engineer John W. Edmonds (afterwards Judge Edmonds)<br /> resigned his position at the head of the fire department Oct. 18, 1837"<br />[Capt.Ellis]<br />Carole,this is where I get confused. <br />In 1914, 40 yrs ago was 1874 when Judge Edmonds died, right? <br /> so was Judge Edmonds editor of gazette in 1864?<br />and when was the move to 4th and Warren?Prison Alleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10059050028975347899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-10416661765124286322012-04-20T17:51:16.484-04:002012-04-20T17:51:16.484-04:00Ashbel Stoddard's portrait by Ami Phillips, th...Ashbel Stoddard's portrait by Ami Phillips, the famous itinerent painter, was recently auctioned off at Stair Galleries. I hope it went to someone local, like the DAR Museum on lower Warren Street.Ellen Thurstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686459169580076405noreply@blogger.com