Individual Citation

American Literary Advertiser

• ID: 27
• End Date: November 18, 1802
• Frequency: Weekly
• Lineage ID: 5
• Proprietors: J. Lyon & R. Dinmore
• Start Date: March 27, 1802
• Variant Number: Alexandria 04-01
• Notes: Successor to Lyon's failed National Magazine or Cabinet of the United States (Oct. 1801 to Jan. 1802), issued from his former Franklin Press office in Washington, by the new firm he formed with Dinmore, a teacher & bookseller in the capital. The weekly was relocated to Alexandria when the pair moved their office there after buying the Columbian Advertiser of James D. Westcott on November 22, 1802, leading to a four-week suspension of this title during the reorganization.
• Lineage Title: American Literary Advertiser
• Related Bios:
  • James Lyon
  • Dr. Richard Dinmore

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