The Sunday Times White, chose the name in an apparent attempt to take advantage of the success of "The Observer", which had been founded in 1791, although there was no connection between the two papers. On 20 October 1822 it was reborn as "The Sunday Times", although it had no relationship with "The Times". In January 1823, White sold the paper to Daniel Whittle Harvey, a radical politician. Under its new owner, "The Sunday Times" notched up several firsts: a wood engraving it published of the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838 was the largest illustration to have appeared in a British newspaper;
The New York Times September 14, 1857, the newspaper officially shortened its name to The New-York Times. (The hyphen in the city name was dropped on December 1, 1896.) On April 21, 1861, "The New York Times" began publishing a Sunday edition to offer daily coverage of the Civil War. One of the earliest public controversies it was involved with was the Mortara Affair, the subject of twenty editorials in the "Times" alone. The main office of "The New York Times" was attacked during the New York City Draft Riots. The riots, sparked by the beginning of drafting for the Union Army, began on