MATAWAN (formerly Middletown Point; includes Freneau, formerly Mount Pleasant)

Preface

This listing of the MCHA's Monmouth County newspapers is an update of the 1976 publication of Stellhorn and Wright's Directory of New Jersey Newspapers 1765-1970. It follows this publication's layout and, except in a few cases, uses its date spans and name changes.

The newspapers are grouped by town and within the town, alphabetically by newspaper title. (The appendix lists the newspaper titles alphabetically, with references to the town of publication.) An index to the newspapers is noted, when one is known to exist. Newspapers and serials published by schools and organizations are filed within the school or organization's manuscript collection and are noted in those collections' finding aids.

The date spans held by the MCHA are noted as being in either microfilm [mf] or hard copy [hc]. Hard copies of newspapers may not be photocopied.

The following symbols are used to denote frequency of publication:

d daily

w weekly

bw biweekly

trw triweekly

m monthly

q quarterly

irr irregular

[ ] incomplete run

Atlantic And Monmouth County Advertiser. w, 1855 Apr 6 - 1857
Became New Jersey Weekly Times And Monmouth County Advertiser.

1855 Apr 6 (v. 1, n. 1) [hc]
1855 Oct 30 (v. 1, n. 28) [hc]
1855 Dec 11 (v. 1, n. 34) [hc]
1856 Feb 20 (v. 1, n. 43) [hc]
1856 Apr 15 (v. 1, n. 51) [hc]
1856 Jun 17 (v. 2, n. 8) [hc]
1856 Oct 14 (v. 2, n. 25) [hc]

Democrat Banner And Monmouth County Advertiser. w, 1845 - 1852 Mar 25
Sold to Henry Morford, and became N.J. Standard.

1848 Oct 12, Nov 16, Dec 28 [hc] [v. 4 , n. 1, 6, 12]
1849 Jan 18; Apr 5, 19; May 10; Jun 28 [hc] [v. 4 , n. 15, 26, 28, 31, 35]
1849 Jul 5, 19; Aug 16; Sep 6; Oct 4 [hc] [v. 4 , n. 39, 41, 45, 48, 52]
1850 Feb 7, 21; Apr 18; May 2, 23; Jun 20, 27 [hc] [ v. 5, n. 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 37, 38]
1850 Jul 4, 11, 25; Aug 8, 22, 29; Sep 12; [hc] [v.5, n.39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49]
1850 Oct 17; Nov 7, 21 [hc] [v. 6, n. 2, 5, 6]
1851 Jan 9; Feb 27; Mar 27; Apr 24; May 8, 15, 29 [hc] [v. 6, n. 13, 21, 25, 29, 31, 32, 34]
1851 Jun 19; Sep 4, 19 [hc] [v. 6, n. 37?, 48, 50]
1851 Oct 16; Nov 6 ­ 20; Dec 18, 25 [hc] [v. 7, n. 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12]
1852 Feb 19, 26; Mar 18, 25 [hc] [v. 7, n. 20, 21, 24, 25]

Jersey Chronicle. w, 1795 May 2 - 1796 Apr 30
Printed by Philip Freneau.

1795 May 2 - 1796 Apr 30 [hc]

The Journal, and Matawan Advertiser. 1869 Jul
Became The Journal, and Monthly Advertiser. Only one issue with this title.

1869 Jul [mf]

The Journal, and Monthly Advertiser. m, 1869 Aug - 1870 May [25]
Title changed from The Journal, and Matawan Advertiser after first issue. Became Matawan Journal & Monmouth Advertiser.

1869 Aug ­ 1870 May [mf]

The Matawan Agriculturist. m, 1877 Apr - ?

1877 May (v. 1, n. 2) [hc]

Matawan Journal. bw/w, 1870 Dec 24 - 1970s
Followed Matawan Journal & Monmouth Advertiser. Became a weekly beginning 8 July 1871.

1870 Dec 24 - 1941 Dec 25 [mf]
1942 Jan - May [hc]
1942 Jun 1 - 1961 Dec 28 [mf]
1962 ­ 1965 [hc]

Matawan Journal & Monmouth Advertiser. w/bw, 1870 Jun [25] - Dec 10
Followed The Journal, and Monthly Advertiser. Became Matawan Journal.

1870 Jun [25] ­ Dec 10 [mf]

N. J. Standard. w, 1852 Apr 1 - 1855
Followed Democratic Banner And Monmouth County Advertiser. Listed "Middletown Point & Keyport" as place of publication on its masthead. Moved to Keyport in 1855 and became New-Jersey Standard, but listed Keyport and Middletown Point as place of publication for a period of time. Specimen issue was published on January 15, 1852. Moved to Red Bank in 1859.

1852 Apr 8; May 20; Dec 8, 22 [mf]
1853 Apr 20; May 4-18; Aug 3, 24, 31; Sep 28; Nov 2, 23, 30; Dec 28 [mf]
1854 Feb 1,8,22; Mar 1; Apr 12; May 24; Jun 7; Sep 13; Oct 4 [mf]
1855 Feb 7 [mf]

New Jersey Times, w. 1861 - ?
Followed New Jersey Weekly Times And Middletown Point And Keyport Advertiser.

1861 Jul 31 (v. 4 , n. 26) [hc]

New Jersey Weekly Times And Middletown Point And Keyport Advertiser. w, 1859 - 1861
Followed New Jersey Weekly Times And Monmouth County Advertiser. Became New Jersey Times.

1859 Nov 2 (v. 2, n. 47) [hc]

New Jersey Weekly Times And Monmouth County Advertiser. w, 1857 - 1859
Followed Atlantic And Monmouth County Advertiser. Became New Jersey Weekly Times And Middletown Point And Keyport Advertiser.

1858 Dec 1 (v. 2, n. 1) [hc]

The Olive Branch. w, 1845 - ?

1847 Oct 7; Nov 4, 11; Dec 8, 16, 23 [hc] [v. 3, n. 1, 5, 6, extra issue, 11, 12; whole n. 105, 109, 110, extra, 115, 116. Dec 8 is extra issue, "Loss of the Propeller Phoenix confirmed ­ over 240 lives lost" + Presidential Message]

1848 Jan 20, 27; Feb 10, 17; Mar 2, 9, 23, 30 [hc] [v. 3, n. 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27; whole n. 120, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130]

1848 Apr 6, 27; May 4; Jun 1, 29 [hc] [v. 3, n. 27, 30, 31, 34, 39; WHOLE , n. 131, 134, 135, 139, 143]

The Union. w, 1845 Sep 18 - ?