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Newspaper The Independent Monitor (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1837-1872 Monitor

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Independent Monitor (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1837-1872

Other Title

  • Monitor

Names

  • Robinson, Alexander M.
  • Porter, Benjamin Franklin, 1808-1868
  • Miller, Stephen F. (Stephen Franks), 1805-1873
  • Smith, William Russell, 1815-1896
  • Burke, T. O.
  • Whitfield, H. S.
  • Fowler, W. H. (William Henry), 1826-1867
  • Robertson, Alfred
  • Gravin, John S.
  • Randolph, Ryland

Dates of Publication

  • 1837-1872

Created / Published

  • Tuscaloosa, Ala. : Slade & Handley

Headings

  • -  Tuscaloosa (Ala.)--Newspapers
  • -  Alabama--Tuscaloosa
  • -  United States--Alabama--Tuscaloosa--Tuscaloosa

Genre

  • Newspapers
  • Newspapers--Alabama

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began in 1837; ceased in Jan. 1872.
  • -  Publishers: Robinson & Slade, <1838>; Slade & Handley, <1838>; M. Slade, <1840-1844>; A. Robinson, <1859>; W. Fowler, <1860-1861>; J. Garvin, <1866>; J. Harris, <1867>; W. Samuel, 1867-1869; R. Randolph, <1871>; J. Taylor, <1872>.
  • -  Editors: A. Robinson, <1837>; B. Porter, <1837>; S. Miller, <1840-1844>; W. Smith, 1840-1855: T. Burke, <1855>; H. Whitfield, <1855>; W. Fowler, <1857-1860>; J. Garvin, <1860>; Robertson & Garvin, <1861>; R. Randolph, <1871>.
  • -  "Whig," <1844>.
  • -  Suspended 1862?-65.
  • -  Suspended by order of the military government, June 23-July 14, 1868. Cf. Ellison, R.C. Hist. and bibl. of Ala. newspapers in the nineteenth cent.
  • -  Also issued on microfilm from the University of Alabama.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 23 (Nov. 17, 1838).
  • -  Tuscaloosa observer (Tuscaloosa, Ala. : 1847) (DLC)sn 84023599
  • -  Tuscaloosa times (DLC)sn 84023610

Medium

  • volumes : illustrations (chiefly advertisements) ; 55-62 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper 7038

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn82014193

OCLC Number

  • 8772588

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