The Independent

The Independent is available from nyshistoricnewspapers.org

The “Staten Island Independent” was started at Port Richmond in 1893 as a campaign paper, owned by a stock company with Frank M. Harrington as editor. In 1897 “The News” was issued daily for a few weeks from the same office and about 1897 a weekly, with the title of “News-Independent,” was issued, Hart Momsen, editor; Charles Wood, business manager. The public museum has Volume I, No. 1, of the “Staten Island Independent,” dated October 21, 1893', to No. 83, dated October 23, 1894.