Not to be confused with the Florida Sentinel newspaper published in Jacksonville and then Tampa that became the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.
The Florida Sentinel was a newspaper established in Quincy, Florida, United States and then relocated to Tallahassee, Florida where it was published from 1841 until 1865.[1][2]Joshua Knowles founded the paper and Joseph Clisby became the paper's editor in Tallahassee.[3] The newspaper office printed a journal of the Senate during its first session[4] and reports on the Florida Supreme Court.[5] The House also contracted with him to publish their proceedings.[6] February 19, 1870, the paper covered an attack by alligators on circus animals being led through the Great Dismal Swamp.[7] In 1851, the office printed the minutes of the West Florida Baptist Association annual session held October 26 to October 29, 1850, at the Union Academy Church in Jackson County.[8]
History
Knowles began publishing the Quincy Sentinel in Quincy, Florida (northwest of Tallahassee) in November 1839.[9] The paper began publishing in Tallahassee in February or March 1841 as a successor to Quincy Sentinel.[1]
Reporting
Clisby reported on the lynching of alleged robber who operated during the era of the Seminole Wars.[10] Clisby went on to purchase the Macon Telegraph in Georgia in 1855.[11]
^ abKnauss, James Owen (March 2, 1926). Territorial Florida journalism. The Florida state historical society – via Internet Archive. florida sentinel clisby.
^National Endowment for the Humanities. "The Florida Sentinel" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
