Individual Citation

The American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• ID: 214
• End Date: September 30, 1840
• Frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• Lineage ID: 59
• Proprietors: Hugh Blair Grigsby & Co.
• Start Date: January 1, 1838
• Variant Number: Norfolk 11-11
• Notes: Grigsby took full control of the American Beacon from Ashburn's estate with the issue of January 1, 1838; his purchase was financed by William D. Bagnall, whose brother, Henry B. Bagnall, was employed in the Beacon office, alongside printer Thomas F. Boothby.
• Lineage Title: American Beacon
• Related Bios: None

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