The American Beacon and Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser

• id: 213
• end_date: December 30, 1837
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sunday)
• lineage_id: 59
• proprietors: Ashburn & Grigsby
• start_date: October 1, 1834
• variant_number: Norfolk 11-10
• notes: Following issue of September 30, 1834, Hamilton Shields retired from the firm, selling his interest to Hugh Blair Grigsby, creating firm of Ashburn & Grigsby; printer Ashburn died unexpectedly in September 1836; editor Grigsby conducted business in combination with Ashburn's estate until December 30, 1837.
• lineage_title: American Beacon
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Ashburn

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