Individual Citation

The Courier

• ID: 91
• End Date: after November 13, 1801
• Frequency: 2/week
• Lineage ID: 25
• Proprietors: James Walker
• Start Date: October 14, 1800
• Variant Number: Fredericksburg 03-06
• Notes: Walker acquired newspaper and press from estate of Robert Mercer sometime in month after his death; restyled Courier appeared without break in numbering or publication days on October 14, 1800. Last issue known extant is for November 13, 1801, so end date here; other papers report suspension and not termination of publication. so connection to his next Fredericksburg paper in September 1803.
• Lineage Title: Genius of Liberty
• Related Bios:
  • James Walker

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