The ''Troy Sentinel'' was a semi-weekly newspaper published between 1823 and 1832, which served

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. The newspaper was headquartered at 225 River Street in historic downtown

Troy, New York Troy is a city in and the county seat of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. It is located on the western edge of the county, on the eastern bank of the Hudson River just northeast of the capital city of Albany, New York, Albany. At the ...

History

The newspaper is known for being the first to publish the poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "Twas the Night Before Christmas. The poem, generally attributed to

Clement Clarke Moore Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American writer, scholar and real estate developer. He is best known as author of the Christmas poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas", which first named each of Santa Claus's reindeer. M ...

, was published anonymously by the ''Troy Sentinel'' on December 23, 1823. In July 2012, Gramercy Communications moved their corporate offices into the former home of the ''Troy Sentinel''. The company paid a grant to Troy Public Library to digitize the full collection of the newspaper.

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External links

"About the ''Troy Sentinel''
at the

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Defunct newspapers published in New York (state) Newspapers established in 1823 Troy, New York {{NewYork-newspaper-stub