Carolina Watchman

Carolina Watchman
First issue of the Carolina Watchman
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Hamilton C. Jones
FoundedJuly 28, 1832 (1832-07-28)
Political alignmentVarious, including Whig, independent, Democratic, and Populist
Ceased publicationJanuary 29, 1937 (1937-01-29)
CitySalisbury, North Carolina, United States
Circulation1,000 (1898)[1]
2,327 (1913)[2]

The Carolina Watchman was an American weekly newspaper published in Salisbury, North Carolina, from 1832 to 1937. It variously supported the Whig, Democratic, and Populist parties, as well as the Confederacy during the Civil War. For a few years, it was mostly politically independent and known as the Watchman & Old North State.

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