Individual Citation

The Alexandria Herald

  • ID: 35
  • End Date: November 15, 1826
  • Frequency: 2/week (Mon, Thur)
  • Lineage ID: 6
  • Proprietors: Henry Pittman
  • Start Date: July 24, 1826
  • Variant Number: Alexandria 05-07
  • Notes: With the issue of July 24, 1826, Pittman reduced his journal from thrice-weekly to twice-weekly publication under financial pressure; it was continued at that frequency until the paper's demise that November. Following the issue of November 15, 1826, Pittman sold the Herald's subscriber list to John S. Meehan, publisher of the United States' Telegraph in Washington, and ceased publication of this paper.
  • Lineage Title: Alexandria Herald
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