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The Green Bay Intelligencer was Wisconsin’s first newspaper and was based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was founded by businessman John V. Suydam,[1][2] with the first issue published on December 11, 1833. Albert Gallatin Ellis joined the paper in 1834.[2] In 1834, Mr. Ellis, and subsequently The Green-Bay Intelligencer, supported the campaign of local judge James Duane Doty. As a result, opponents of Doty formed their own newspaper. The newspaper continued with several suspensions until June 1835, at which point Ellis entered a partnership with C. C. Arndt, creating the new partnership, Ellis & Arndt. In 1837 the Green-Bay Intelligencer was sold to Christopher Sholes, who moved the newspaper to Southport, Wisconsin (now Kenosha).[2][3]

Notes and references

  • "Green Bay Home of First Newspaper", Milwaukee Free Press, 1910-07-17
  1. ^ "John V. Suydam". The Pantagraph. November 16, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ a b c "Wisconsin's Early Days: The First Newspaper". The Weekly Wisconsin. September 26, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=31637