Individual Citation

The Virginia Argus

• ID: 304
• End Date: October 20, 1804
• Frequency: 2/week (varies)
• Lineage ID: 75
• Proprietors: Samuel Pleasants Jr.
• Start Date: November 22, 1796
• Variant Number: Richmond 07-04
• Notes: Pleasants renamed paper to fit identity of title ornament – bearing the face of Argus, the all-seeing guardian of the Olympian goddess Hera – he had used since April 1795; that well-worn ornament was discontinued with a refitting of his paper in summer of 1797.
• Lineage Title: Virginia Argus
• Related Bios:
  • Samuel Pleasants, Jr.

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