Individual Citation

Winchester Virginia Republican

• ID: 521
• End Date: early August 1836
• Frequency: Weekly
• Lineage ID: 120
• Proprietors: James G. Brooks
• Start Date: ca. August 6, 1831
• Variant Number: Winchester 09-10
• Notes: S. H. Davis sold a controlling interest in the Republican to New York City journalist James Gordon Brooks (1801-41) at end of July 1831, claiming ill health; he apparently retained a minority interest until late 1834, when he offered to buy the Wheeling Gazette. In March 1836, Brooks made Charles J.D. Freeland (1809-40), an editorial writer with the Richmond Whig, as his principal assistant.
• Lineage Title: Republican
• Related Bios: None

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