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 > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html