MANY ROADS TO FREEDOM:
MOORE'S RURAL NEW YORKER

Moore's Rural New Yorker, Published from 1850-1878

The Moore's Rural New Yorker was a highly regarded weekly newspaper which dealt with agricultural issues. It was begun by Daniel D.T. Moore, who had previously been editor of the Genesee Farmer. Moore was intensely interested in agricultural issues. He became president of both the Monroe County Agricultural Society and the Rochester Athenaeum & Mechanics Institute. He went into politics and became mayor of Rochester in 1865.

Moore moved his newspaper to New York City some time after he retired from politics and eventually suffered a series of financial reverses which led to his losing control of the papers sometime in the 1870s.

Reading Moore's Rural New Yorker is a good way to experience the world of the mid-19th century because it covered major events of the day in its news section. During the Civil War, the newspaper was a chief source of war news for rural people. It had excellent pictures of famous generals and others, as well as detailed maps showing military operations.

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