The Intelligencer, & Petersburg Commercial Advertiser

• id: 240
• end_date: before August 25, 1833
• frequency: 2/week (Tues, Fri)
• lineage_id: 60
• proprietors: Francis G. Yancey & Thomas L. Wilson
• start_date: October 9, 1829
• variant_number: Petersburg 01-20
• notes: Richard Field died in May 1829; Yancey bought his interest in the Intelligencer from Field's estate in October that year; with issue of October 9, 1829; Yancey folded his new weekly, The Times, into the Intelligencer as a weekly edition, though Wilson conducted both on a daily basis. Yancey died on July 7, 1833, leading to sale of his share in the concern.
• lineage_title: Petersburg Intelligencer
• Related Bios:
  • Francis Garland Yancey

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