GALVESTON COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE
GALVESTON COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE. The Commercial Chronicle, a Galveston newspaper, was published by Samuel Bangs from early August 1842 until sometime in 1843, when its name was changed to Galveston Independent Chronicle. Bangs's advocacy of a strong navy and strict interpretation of the Texas constitution made the paper appear to oppose Sam Houston.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Joe B. Frantz, Newspapers of the Republic of Texas (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940). Marilyn M. Sibley, Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers before the Civil War (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983). Lota M. Spell, "Samuel Bangs: The First Printer in Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 35 (April 1932). John Melton Wallace, Gaceta to Gazette: A Checklist of Texas Newspapers, 1813–1846 (Austin: University of Texas Department of Journalism, 1966). WPA Historical Records Survey Program, Texas Newspapers (Houston: San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1941).
Citation
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"GALVESTON COMMERCIAL CHRONICLE," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eegyu), accessed May 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
