The Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser

• id: 289
• end_date: before January 8, 1799
• frequency: Weekly
• lineage_id: 73
• proprietors: Augustine Davis
• start_date: August 25, 1790
• variant_number: Richmond 05-03
• notes: Davis modified title with issue of August 25, 1790 to claim function as an official gazette after having been contracted by the state government to print laws enacted by the new Federal Congress; claim was reinforced by his appointment as Virginia's public printer in May 1791, so making this paper the journal of record for the state.
• lineage_title: Virginia Patriot
• Related Bios:
  • Augustine Davis

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