The Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer
- id: 221
- end_date: December 11, 1788
- frequency: Weekly
- lineage_id: 60
- proprietors: Hunter & Prentis
- start_date: July 6, 1786
- variant_number: Petersburg 01-01
- notes: Classic mercantile advertiser begun by two Williamsburg (via Richmond) journeymen, who had familial business links in Petersburg; Prentis was encouraged by merchants to start a paper there from February 1786 onward; he brought in Hunter to assist, resulting in July 6th launch; partnership ended by Hunter's unexpected death on December 12, 1788.
- lineage_title: Petersburg Intelligencer
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