The Janesville *Free Press* was started by an association of Free Democrats. One passage gives the date as January 6, 1853, while another gives June 6, 1853.

The evidence

• “Janesville Free Press.—This' paper was started January 6th, 1853, by an association of Free Democrats. Among those particularly instrumental in the matter, may be mentioned, J.”

  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

  

• “The Free Press was issued January 6, 1853, by an association of Free Democrats, composed in part of J. M.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 397 / book p. 401

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent

  

• “The third newspaper was started on January 6, 1853, being the ''Free Press," Rev. Joseph Baker, editor.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 33 / book p. 547

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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