Individual Citation

The American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• ID: 209
• End Date: December 31, 1819
• Frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• Lineage ID: 59
• Proprietors: Shields, Charlton & Co.
• Start Date: August 17, 1818
• Variant Number: Norfolk 11-06
• Notes: With issue of August 17, 1818, the firm added a type-ornament to the masthead between words "American" and "Beacon" creating main title of American Commercial Beacon; title on editorial block inside remained American Beacon; form continued until July 1827.
• Lineage Title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn
  • Edward Charlton
  • Hamilton Shields
  • William C. Shields

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