Hoornsche Courant

The Hoornsche Courant was a newspaper that appeared in the Dutch city of Hoorn. It was founded in 1858.^[1] By 1872, it appeared twice per week.^[2] In 1869, Dutch historian Willem Jan Frans Nuyen surmised that while the newspaper was ostensibly edited by "non-preachers", it still contained articles that, considering the hateful tone against Catholics, were written by a (Protestant) preacher.^[3]

According to historian Jos Leenders, the newspaper started by echoing the opinions of the city government, but by 1865 declared it would be more of a voice for the people, and began publishing letters to the editor and criticizing the county government. Calling itself "general", it was, practically speaking, liberal.^[1]