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The '''''Indianapolis Journal''''' was a newspaper published in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The paper published daily editions every evening except on Sundays, when it published a morning edition.
The first issue of the then-named ''Indiana Journal'' was published on January 11, 1825, by partners John Douglass and Douglass Maguire. They purchased the ''Western & Emigrants Guide,'' which began publication in 1823. They expanded and enlarged the publication and changed its name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Van Allen |first=Elizabeth |last2=Cunningham |first2=Joan |date=2021-03-27 |title=Indiana Journal |url=https://indyencyclopedia.org/indiana-journal/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Encyclopedia of Indianapolis |language=en-US}}</ref> From the outset the paper advocated for government sponsored internal improvements and protective tariffs that would aid Indiana’s agricultural economy. These positions led the ''Journal'' to align with the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] beginning in the mid-1830s. Purchased in 1845 by [[John D. Defrees]], and operated by him for nearly a decade, the paper was the first in Indianapolis to install a steam driven printing press. Under his leadership, the paper became Indianapolis's first permanent daily, the ''Daily Indiana State Journal'' in April 1851. The title changed to ''Indianapolis Morning Journal'' in 1853, then to ''Indianapolis Daily Journal'' the following year, and ultimately to ''Indianapolis Journal'' in 1867.
Berry R. Sulgrove, who had joined the ''Journal'' in 1854 as editor, acquired controlling interest in the paper a few years later and transitioned the paper from the Whig to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] camp. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Sulgrove published strong pro-[[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] columns supporting the policies of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] and of [[Governor of Indiana|Indiana governor]] [[Oliver P. Morton]]. During the war, the ''Journal''{{'}}s daily circulation reached 6,000; while that of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] and [[Copperhead (politics)|Copperhead]]-aligned ''[[Indianapolis Sentinel]]'' saw a decline in its daily readership due to interference and shutdowns enforced by Morton.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dark lanterns: secret political societies, conspiracies, and treason trials in the Civil War|author=Klement, Frank L.|page=232|isbn=0-8071-1567-3|year=1984|publisher=LSU Press}}</ref>
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