The American Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• id: 208
• end_date: August 15, 1818
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• lineage_id: 59
• proprietors: Shields, Charlton & Co.
• start_date: August 7, 1818
• variant_number: Norfolk 11-05
• notes: With issue of August 7, 1818, first number of their third volume, the firm increased the sheet size of the American Beacon from Royal to Super-Royal, with concurrent change in its title to reflect market they intended to serve.
• lineage_title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn
  • Edward Charlton
  • Hamilton Shields
  • William C. Shields

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