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Mon, 21 May 2001 09:56:32 -0400
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Re: Loudoun newspapers dating back to 1700's
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> When the capital moved to Richmond in 1780, the Gazette quickly followed.
> By the 1790s (not sure of the exact dates here) a paper had been
> founded in
> Norfolk and another in Alexandria.  For a time there was also a paper in
> Fredericksburg.

Lynchburg had two newspapers in the 18th Century. They are on microfilm
at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg (www.jmlibrary.org)

Lynchburg & Farmer’s Gazette: 1795
Lynchburg Weekly Museum: 1797

Scott Smith, Historical Consulting
www.wscottsmith.com

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