Individual Citation

Virginia Mercury

• ID: 264
• End Date: ca. March 1808
• Frequency: Weekly
• Lineage ID: 65
• Proprietors: James L. Edwards
• Start Date: By December 16, 1807
• Variant Number: Petersburg 06-02
• Notes: Edwards became sole proprietor sometime between June 10 and December 16, 1807; last issue now known extant is for February 10, 1808, indicating a closure shortly thereafter, likely in March 1808, from latest references to Virginia Mercury in other newspapers.
• Lineage Title: Virginia Mercury
• Related Bios:
  • Col. James Lewis Edwards

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