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Newspaper Watchman of the South (Richmond, Va.) 1837-1845

About this Newspaper

Title

  • Watchman of the South (Richmond, Va.) 1837-1845

Names

  • Gildersleeve, Benjamin, 1791-1875

Dates of Publication

  • 1837-1845

Created / Published

  • Richmond, Va. : B.R. Wren, 1837-

Headings

  • -  Presbyterian Church--Newspapers
  • -  Presbyterian Church--Virginia--Newspapers
  • -  Presbyterians--United States--Newspapers
  • -  Richmond (Va.)--Newspapers
  • -  Presbyterian Church
  • -  Presbyterians
  • -  United States
  • -  Virginia
  • -  Virginia--Richmond
  • -  United States--Virginia--Richmond

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 1(Aug. 31, 1837)- v. 8, no. 52 (Aug. 14, 1845).
  • -  "Devoted to the promotion of practical piety, the diffusion of religious and general intelligence, and the propagation of the tenets and institutions of the Presbyterian Church."
  • -  Editor: William S. Plumer, 1837-<1838>.
  • -  Publisher varies: B.R. Wren,
  • -  Issues on Virginia Chronicle were provided by the Huntington Library, San Marino, Ca.
  • -  Also issued online.
  • -  Charleston observer (DLC)sn 84026956
  • -  Watchman and observer (DLC)sn 94059319

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BX8901 .W3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn91099193

OCLC Number

  • 11064401

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Watchman of the South Richmond, Va. -1845. (Richmond, VA), Jan. 1 1837. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn91099193/.

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(1837, January 1) Watchman of the South Richmond, Va. -1845. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn91099193/.

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Watchman of the South Richmond, Va. -1845. (Richmond, VA) 1 Jan. 1837. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn91099193/.