Mr. Brown associated Hon. James Armstrong with him in publishing the paper, under the firm of Brown & Armstrong.

The evidence

• “Mr. Bunner left, Feb. 21st., 1855, and Mr. Brown continued the paper alone until Oct 1st, 1855, when he associated Hon. James Armstrong with him, under the firm of Brown & Armstrong, by whom it is published at the present time.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 208 / book p. 188

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources