The American Commercial Beacon and Norfolk & Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• id: 211
• end_date: June 30, 1827
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• lineage_id: 59
• proprietors: Shields, Ashburn, & Co.
• start_date: July 1, 1823
• variant_number: Norfolk 11-08
• notes: Following issue of June 30, 1823, William C. Shields retired from the firm, selling his share to his partners, creating firm of Shields & Ashburn; the Beacon's country edition was renamed with ownership change, becoming The American Beacon and Virginia and North Carolina Gazette (LCCN no. 85-025812).
• lineage_title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn
  • Hamilton Shields
  • William C. Shields

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