R. C. Sentinel

Richmond County Sentinel 1879-1882 & 1888-1889

The “Leading Republican Newspaper of the North Shore of Staten Island” was started in April, 1876, by Thomas Humphrey. Hans S. Beattie, afterwards Surveyor of the Port, was a reporter for it. It was purchased in 1881 by Erastus Wiman, owner of the New York Metropolitans baseball club and Buffalo Bill's performance grounds at Mariners' Harbor. It was shortly afterwards consolidated with the “Gazette.”

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The date of each issue is in the file name: RCS W 1.11.1879p1 = Richmond County Sentinel, January 11, 1879, page 1