Claims of Seniority
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph claims to be North-America's oldest newspaper due to the following:
- The Maryland Gazette began publication in 1727, though it died in its tenth year and the name was only revived in 1922;
- The New Hampshire Gazette began publication on 7 October 1756 and continues as a weekly today. However, the name disappeared for a time and the new version was started from scratch by a different owner who had not purchased the paper from a previous owner;
- In Canada, the Halifax Gazette, founded in 1752, claims to be "Canada's first newspaper." However, its official descendant, the Royal Gazette, is a government publication for legal notices and proclamations rather than a proper newspaper;
- The Newport Mercury began as a weekly in 1758 and still publishes news today under the same name, ceasing publication only for a short period during the American Revolution. Though it cannot claim to be the oldest continually-published paper in North America, others have asserted that neither can the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, which also ceased publication during the Siege of Quebec in November 1775;
- Finally, there is the Hartford Courant, founded 29 October 1764, a few months after the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph. The argument from the Courant is that it has never missed a day of publication since its foundation.
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph therefore has a defendable claim to being the oldest surviving newspaper that still publishes news in Canada, and the oldest in North America with 'continuous corporate bona fide buyouts' from proprietors to newer successors. No other newspaper has made this claim in North America and possibly the New World.
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