Franklin Chronicle

The Franklin Chronicle was a newspaper printed from 1820-1821 at the Griswold Inn and published by Joseph Spencer and Ezra Griswold, Jr., son of one of Worthington's founders, Ezra Griswold. Worthington had been without a newspaper since Joel Buttles moved the Western Intelligencer to Columbus in 1814. The newspaper largely accepted trade goods in exchange for subscriptions. By the fall of 1821, Spencer and Griswold agreed to dissolve the paper as it was not financially viable, and Griswold removed the newspaper printing business to Delaware, Ohio.

This issue of the Franklin Chronicle contains advertisements for local goods including tobacco, whiskey, ginseng, Potter's ware and a waggon (sic). There is also a column about a new militia regiment coming to Worthington. It is written "an election for a Colonel, a lieut. Colonel, and a Major, is ordered to be holden (sic) on the 25th inst. at G.H. Griswold's inn in this place." It goes on to state, "We are requested to state that the first regimental muster of the above decribed Regiment, will be at Worthington, on the 19th of Sept. next."