The "Janesville Democrat" weekly was started.

The evidence

• “"The Free Press," Free Soil, weekly. Absorbed by "Gazette" 1856. 1860. "Janesville Democrat," weekly. Democrat, September, 1860, to December, 1860, changed to "Rock County Republican." 1860. "Rock County Republican," weekly, December, 1860, to June, 1861. 1860. "The Monitor," weekly. Democrat, 1860-63. 1870. "The Picayune," monthly, drug business, 1870-73. 1855.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/24-janesville-press.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 533 / book p. 494

  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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