The Virginia Journal and Alexandria Advertiser
- id: 3
- end_date: July 4, 1789
- frequency: Weekly
- lineage_id: 2
- proprietors: George Richards & Co.
- start_date: February 5, 1784
- variant_number: Alexandria 01-01
- notes: First new weekly issued in Virginia after the Revolutionary War outside of Richmond. Richards published the paper first with the support of Baltimore printer and publisher William Goddard (ca, 1784-86), and then with Alexandria land-agent Thomas Bond (ca. 1787-89). The paper experienced a brief three week suspension following the unexpected death of Richards in July 1789, during which time Bond joined with Samuel Hanson, a local forwarding agent, to create the firm that then published the successor to this title.
- lineage_title: Virginia Journal
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