The American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• id: 212
• end_date: September 30, 1834
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• lineage_id: 59
• proprietors: Shields & Ashburn
• start_date: July 2, 1827
• variant_number: Norfolk 11-09
• notes: With issue of July 2, 1827, the partners retired the type-ornament "Commercial" from the paper's masthead, shortening title; the Beacon retained this form until November 1851.
• lineage_title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn
  • Hamilton Shields

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