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Newspaper American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser (Norfolk [Va.]) 1818-1827 American commercial beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth daily advertiser / American beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth daily advertiser / American beacon

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Title

  • American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser (Norfolk [Va.]) 1818-1827

Other Title

  • American commercial beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth daily advertiser
  • American beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth daily advertiser
  • American beacon

Names

  • Shields, Hamilton
  • Shields, William C., 1791?-1855
  • Ashburn, Henry
  • Charlton, Seymour P.

Dates of Publication

  • 1818-1827

Created / Published

  • Norfolk [Va.] : Shields, Charlton & Co., 1818-1827.

Headings

  • -  Norfolk (Va.)--Newspapers
  • -  Portsmouth (Va.)--Newspapers
  • -  Virginia--Norfolk
  • -  Virginia--Portsmouth
  • -  United States--Virginia--Norfolk

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Daily (except Sunday)
  • -  Vol. 7, no. 9 (Aug. 17, 1818)-v. 24, no. 156 (June 30, 1827).
  • -  The word "commercial" appears in masthead device, 1818-1819; over masthead device, 1820-<1828>.
  • -  Temporarily published three times a week from Sept. 11-29, 1821 and Sept. 28-Nov. 18, 1826.
  • -  Also issued on microform from the Readex Microprint Corp. and on microfilm from Bell & Howell, Micro Photo Div.
  • -  Also published triweekly editions: American beacon, 1816-18uu; American beacon for the country, 18uu-1823; American beacon and Virginia and North-Carolina gazette, 1823-1827.
  • -  American beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth daily advertiser (Norfolk, Va. : 1827) (DLC)sn 86071774 (OCoLC)13993767

Medium

  • volumes : illustrations ; 49-54 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper 10061

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84024724

OCLC Number

  • 11052457

ISSN Number

  • 2577-0985

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American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser Norfolk Va. -1827.

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American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser Norfolk Va. -1827.

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American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser Norfolk Va. -1827.