Individual Citation

The American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• ID: 210
• End Date: June 30, 1823
• Frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• Lineage ID: 59
• Proprietors: Shields, Ashburn, & Co.
• Start Date: January 1, 1820
• Variant Number: Norfolk 11-07
• Notes: Following issue of December 31, 1819, Charlton retired from the firm, selling his interest to Ashburn, creating firm of Shields, Ashburn, & Co.; the Beacon's country edition was renamed with ownership change, becoming The American Beacon for the Country (LCCN no. 85-025811).
• Lineage Title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn
  • Hamilton Shields
  • William C. Shields

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