Individual Citation

Winchester Republican

• ID: 518
• End Date: December 31, 1820
• Frequency: Weekly
• Lineage ID: 120
• Proprietors: George McGlassin
• Start Date: Mid-September 1820
• Variant Number: Winchester 09-07
• Notes: In January 1820, McGlassin offered his paper for sale; S.H. Davis, publisher of Alexandria's Columbian Telescope, eventually purchased the weekly from him, after McGlassin bought the competing Herald of the Valley in April. Davis took control of the combined paper in mid-September 1820, after closing his Telescope a month before; ownership transferred at the close of the year, after the sale of Davis's Alexandria press office earlier that fall.
• Lineage Title: Republican
• Related Bios:
  • Samuel Hopkins Davis
  • George McGlassin

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