Individual Citation

The Potomak Guardian

• ID: 144
• End Date: October 31, 1799
• Frequency: Weekly
• Lineage ID: 43
• Proprietors: Nathaniel Willis
• Start Date: ca.July 1798
• Variant Number: Martinsburg 01-04
• Notes: Willis resumed sole ownership in summer 1798, probably in July. In March 1799, he was severely beaten in his office by two Federalist officials over an item he published; in July, his farm in adjacent Berkeley County was heavily damaged by unknown hands; the two events induced Willis to sell his paper and leave Martinsburg for Ohio; the Guardian was transferred to Armstrong Charlton effective November 1, 1799.
• Lineage Title: Potomak Guardian
• Related Bios:
  • Nathaniel Willis, Sr.

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