In 1825, Oran removed to Buffalo, New York, and Frederick took over the paper.
From 1840 to 1843, he edited the Batavia Times and Farmers and Mechanics Journal.
In 1847, he published History of the Press of Western New-York (Rochester NY, 1847, 76 pages).
In 1847, he ran for Canal Commissioner on the Democratic ticket, but was defeated.
He died at his home at 231, West One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Street in New York City.