The American Beacon and Commercial Diary

• id: 205
• end_date: March 15, 1817
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• lineage_id: 59
• proprietors: Shields, Charlton & Co.
• start_date: August 26, 1816
• variant_number: Norfolk 11-02
• notes: In August 1816, Samuel Shepherd sold his interest in the American Beacon and returned to Richmond to conduct a new job-press there; just before that William C. Shields sold his interest in the Richmond Compiler office in order to join his brother in Norfolk; the two added Charlton to the concern in order to acquire Ashburn's share of the press office; the three became equal partners in the Beacon, with Ashburn still conducting their press.
• lineage_title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn
  • Edward Charlton
  • Hamilton Shields
  • William C. Shields

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