''The Connecticut Journal'' was a newspaper published in

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...

from 1775 to 1835 by Thomas and Samuel Green as well as others. The paper had various names during its existence including the ''Connecticut Journal and Advertiser''. The publishers also printed pamphlets including sermons and the "criminal confession" written by

David Daggett David Daggett (December 31, 1764 – April 12, 1851) was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School. He helped block plans for the first college for Afri ...

about

Joseph Mountain Joseph Mountain (1758 – 1790) was an African American man who was executed publicly for rape and had an account of his purported "criminal confession" published. David Daggett published his "confession" in ''Sketches of the life of Joseph Mountai ...

, an African American man executed in New Haven before a crowd of thousands of spectators. It was sold amongst the crowd and was a popular and influential treatise. Thomas Green published several of Connecticut's earliest newspapers. In 1987 the paper was absorbed by the ''

New Haven Register The ''New Haven Register'' is a daily newspaper published in New Haven, Connecticut. It is owned by Hearst Communications. The Register's main office is located at 100 Gando Drive in New Haven. The ''Register'' was established about 1812 and ...

''.

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Defunct newspapers published in Connecticut {{Connecticut-newspaper-stub

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