Individual Citation

The Daily Compiler and Richmond Commercial Register

• ID: 362
• End Date: May 15, 1816
• Frequency: Daily (ex. Sun)
• Lineage ID: 87
• Proprietors: Girardin & Shields
• Start Date: May 1815
• Variant Number: Richmond 19-05
• Notes: In May 1815, Anderson sold his interest in the Compiler to Girardin, who also became the paper's editor; the new partners promptly modified the daily's title to fit their plans for the journal; the pair also began publishing a twice-weekly "country edition" (LCCN no. 85-026858) shortly after ownership change, finally realizing a plan abandoned in 1813.
• Lineage Title: Compiler
• Related Bios:
  • Louis Hue Girardin
  • William C. Shields

This version of the Index of Virginia Printing was a gift from the estate of the site's creator, David Rawson. The content contained herein will not be updated, as it is part of the Library of Virginia's personal papers collection. For more information, please see David Rawson Index of Virginia Printing website. Accession 53067. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia .