Individual Citation

The Virginia Centinel or The Winchester Mercury

• ID: 482
• End Date: December 10, 1788
• Frequency: Weekly
• Lineage ID: 113
• Proprietors: Richard Bowen & Co.
• Start Date: April 2, 1788
• Variant Number: Winchester 02-01
• Notes: Issued initially as competitor to Virginia Gazette of Matthias Bartgis (024), former partner of Willcocks in that weekly; Bowen dropped "& Co." appendage to proprietary name after issue of December 10, 1788, indicating his partnership with Willcocks ended at about that time; Bowen continued as sole proprietor until his death in 1808.
• Lineage Title: Winchester Gazette
• Related Bios:
  • Richard Bowen
  • Henry Willcocks

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