established either in 1840 or in 1849 by O. B. Judd as a monthly paper.' Shortly the next year it switched to a weekly format.' The paper was known for its support of the American Bible Society. It was purchased about three years later by J. S. Backus and by 1856 Pharcellus Church had bought the paper from Backus. Church combined the Chronicle with Philadelphia's Christian Chronicle in 1863.

Formation and history

Edward Bright and Sewell S. Cutting purchased The New York

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