Levi Alden removed to Janesville; the 1879 history states he came to Janesville in the fall of 1845, a discrepancy with the July 4 arrival date.

The evidence

• “Y., for one year. In 1845 Mr. Alden removed to Janesville, Wis., arriving on July 4. In August, 1845, in partnership with E. A. Stoddard, he established the "Janesville Gazette," the first copy appearing about August 14, 1845. The "Gazette" was published by Alden & Stoddard, Alden & Tompkins, Alden & Grattan, Levi Alden and Alden & Holt, successively, until March 17, 1855, when Mr.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 402 / book p. 895

  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.

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