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Re: Loudoun newspapers dating back to 1700's
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Peter Bergstrom <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 May 2001 09:19:27 -0500
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That's wht's great about this list -- Somebody always has some new
information!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: W. Scott Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 21 May 2001 8:57 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Loudoun newspapers dating back to 1700's
>
>
> > 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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