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194 one cent a copy and consequently its circulation brought in only a very limited revenue. The Sun and The Transcript objected to being printed at the same plant as The Herald and soon withdrew from Anderson & Smith. A big fire on Ann Street August 12, destroyed the printing-plant and caused The Herald to suspend until August 31. But The Herald continued to grow and had to seek larger quarters. On April 6, 1836, it moved again, this time from Broadway to Clinton Hall Building. Four months later the price per copy was increased to two cents.

At the end of the year 1836 the following résumé was published:—

For the sake of comparison and for the purpose of showing the aim of the paper the following quotation is made from Volume I, Number 1:—

James Gordon Bennett & Co. commence this morning the publication of The Morning Herald, a new daily paper, price $3 a year, or six cents per week, advertising at the ordinary rates. It is issued from the publishing office, No. 20 Wall Street, and also from the printing-office, No. 34 Ann Street, 3d story, at both of which places orders will be thankfully received.

The next number will be issued on Monday morning—this brief suspension necessarily taking place in order to give the publishers time