The first number of the Janesville Gazette was published by Levi Alden and E. A. Stoddard (firm of Alden & Stoddard).

The evidence

• “Janesville Gazette-—The first number of the Gazette was published on the 14th of August, 1845, by Levi Alden and E. A, Stoddard, the firm being known by the name of Aldon & Stoddard. On the 6th day of December, 1845, Mr. Stoddard sold his interest in the establishment to Wm.”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 207 / book p. 187

  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

  

• “Of such material must he be composed, if he would dictate a policy and direct an administration which will live in history as the mark and model of its time. On Thursday, August 14, 1845, The Janesville G-azette was first issued. The pioneer paper of Rock County was at that date a small quarto of twenty-four columns, and, though typographically, and as the circulator of national.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 385 / book p. 389

  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

  

• “The first newspaper in the county was started August 14, 1845, by Levi Alden, of New Hampshire, and E. A.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/26-history-of-janesville.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 24 / book p. 538

  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 · may repeat 1856-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent