Merecantile Advertiser, and Daily Vehicle

• id: 269
• end_date: after February 17, 1817
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sun)
• lineage_id: 67
• proprietors: George A. Martin
• start_date: ca. October 19, 1816
• variant_number: Petersburg 08-01
• notes: Only known copy is issue for February 17, 1817 (vol. 1, no. 104); start date calculated from number of that issue; title on masthead includes extra "e" seen above; Brigham recorded title with proper spelling, not actual spelling. Martin was involved with the American Star in Petersburg, which commenced publication in June 1817, so end date of the Mercantile Advertiser most likely came in April 1817, at end of a six-month run.
• lineage_title: Mercantile Advertiser
• Related Bios:
  • George A. Martin

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