The American Star

• id: 270
• end_date: October 9, 1817
• frequency: 3/week (Mon-Wed-Fri)
• lineage_id: 68
• proprietors: Lorrain & Dunnavant
• start_date: June 23, 1817
• variant_number: Petersburg 09-01
• notes: Possibly printed on press of preceding Mercantile Advertiser, as its former proprietor was employed in the office of the American Star from its start into the enduing fall.
  Lorrain & Dunnavant issued first number on June 23rd, then postponed publication of the second number "so the public may be enabled to judge properly the merit of the paper;" that next issue appeared on June 30th, following a Mon-Wed-Fri schedule through July 28th; with issue of July 31st, paper's publication changed to a Tue-Thu-Sat schedule.
• lineage_title: American Star
• Related Bios:
  • Marvel W. Dunnavant
  • Thomas W. Lorrain
  • George A. Martin

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