History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . Repuldicanmade its first appearancein this town in the year was not an riginal ven-ture, but a mere transfer ofa paper which had beenpublished at Peekskill sincethe year 1830, Samuel being its first proprie-tor. He was followed insuccession by George , William Richards,Col. Joseph J. Chambers (in1852), Matt. F. Rowe (in 1853), and Col. Chambersagain in 1856. In January, 1857, The Westchester Heraldceased to exist, and Sing Sing was le
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . Repuldicanmade its first appearancein this town in the year was not an riginal ven-ture, but a mere transfer ofa paper which had beenpublished at Peekskill sincethe year 1830, Samuel being its first proprie-tor. He was followed insuccession by George , William Richards,Col. Joseph J. Chambers (in1852), Matt. F. Rowe (in 1853), and Col. Chambersagain in 1856. In January, 1857, The Westchester Heraldceased to exist, and Sing Sing was left with one paperonly,— The Hudson River Chronicle. Mr. J. HollyPiatt, who had been associated with the publicationof the Herald, induced Colonel Chambers to bring hispaper to this place, which he did in 1857. He associ-ated himself with Mr. G. Ten Eyck Sheldon, in 1862,and this gentleman continued the publication of tinpaper after the death of General Chambers, in1864. After the year 1875 Swartfager & Maynard, F. and H. B. Curtis succeeded each other, and 1 This sketch of Caleb Roscoe was contributed by the 354 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY. in January, 1882, the present editor and proprietortook charge of the paper. The Republican, as its name implies, has alwaysadvocated the interests of the Republican party since jthis party had an existence, having previously heenan equally stanch Whig partizan sheet. It is aneight-page paper, and is issued cm every succeedingThursday. The next paper established in Sing Sing after theWestchester Herald was the Hudson River Chronicle,the issue of which was begun in the year 1837, byAlexander H. Wells. On his being appointed, twoor three years later, to the position of surrogate ofthe county, he was succeeded by Edmund G. Suther-land. From Mr. Sutherlands possession the paper passedinto the hands of James B. Swain, afterwards cityeditor of the New York Tribune, and the Leo of theNew York Times. He was followed in the pos
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