[1] The four-page, two-penny daily newspaper was owned by Anson Herrick and John F. Ropes and had a circulation of about 5,000.
[2] Its first editor was Thomas Low Nichols, who left by February 1842 after printing a libelous article.
[3] Walt Whitman began contributing to the Aurora in February 1842; his first works in the publication are likely the series "Walks in Broadway".
[6] The Brooklyn Eagle praised the new editor as offering "marked change for the better" but noted "a dash of egotism" in him.
[6] In fact, owners Anson and Herrick accused Whitman of writing biased articles, including some that criticized Bishop John Hughes as "serpent tongued" and a "hypocritical scoundrel".