The ''Florida Sentinel'' was a newspaper established in

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, United States and then relocated to

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where it was published from 1841 until 1865.

Joshua Knowles Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...

founded the paper and Joseph Clisby became the paper's editor in Tallahassee. The newspaper office printed a journal of the Senate during its first session and reports on the

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. The House also contracted with him to publish their proceedings. February 19, 1870, the paper covered an attack by alligators on circus animals being led through the

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. In 1851, the office printed the minutes of the West Florida Baptist Association annual session held October 26 to October 29, 1850, at the Union Academy Church in Jackson County.

History

Knowles began publishing the ''Quincy Sentinel'' in

(northwest of Tallahassee) in November 1839. The paper began publishing in Tallahassee in February or March 1841 as a successor to Quincy Sentinel.

Reporting

Clisby reported on the lynching of alleged robber who operated during the era of the

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. Clisby went on to purchase the ''

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'' in Georgia in 1855.

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