On March 19, 1851, the first edition of The Daily Union was published. Dr. John Frederick Morse was the newspaper’s first editor. Following the fire of November 1852, which burned 80 percent of the city, The Daily Union building was rebuilt using brick on J Street between Front and Second Streets. One of the most notable reporters for the Union was Mark Twain, who was hired in 1866. Twain convinced the newspaper to send him to Hawaii, where he dispatched 25 letters for eager Union readers. While

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