Draft:New Era (Florida newspaper)

The New Era was a newspaper published in Gainesville, Florida established in 1867 during the Reconstruction era. W. H. Robertson was its publisher.{{Cite web|url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00054656/00001|title=UF Digital Collections|website=ufdc.ufl.edu}}

M. E. Papy was the editor and proprietor on the New Era office per letterhead at the Alachua County Clerk's office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alachuaclerk.org//archive/ancientj/letterheads/nw1870_1.htm|title=New Era Newspaper, Gainesville, Florida|website=www.alachuaclerk.org}}

"Hon. J. T. Walls, who will hereafter publish it. Mr. A. B. Kelley has assumed the editorial management."{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.214197/2015.214197.Printers-Circular_djvu.txt|title=Printers Circular|date=May 24, 1872|via=Internet Archive}} The paper supported Walls renomination.{{Cite web|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/23324|title=WALLS, Josiah Thomas | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|website=history.house.gov}}

It praised Josiah T. Walls and stated a preference for him over Republican Party incumbent Charles Memorial Hamilton.African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877'' by Joe M. Richardson page 178