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Antebellum Brooklyn in the News is a topical compendium of newspaper articles from the Long Island Star and the Brooklyn Evening Star, 1834-1861. It is meant to be a resource for historians and local history researchers. Volume One is the first of three such volumes with Volumes Two and Three covering other topics beyond those of the first volume. The City of Brooklyn was chartered in 1834 and each of the three volumes includes topical articles up to the brink of the American Civil War. Journalism has long been called the “first rough draft of history.” Sometimes it turns out to be the only history, especially for local news. Such articles capture the initial account of current events, serving as the first recording of historical happenings, which later can be refined and expanded upon by historians with further research and analysis. Essentially, journalists provide the initial narrative of events as they’d unfolded, serving as the foundation for future historical understanding. This three-volume work may be of significant value to researchers of the original City of Brooklyn prior to the beginning of the American Civil War.