The Virginia Argus
- id: 304
- end_date: October 20, 1804
- frequency: 2/week (varies)
- lineage_id: 75
- proprietors: Samuel Pleasants Jr.
- start_date: November 22, 1796
- variant_number: Richmond 07-04
- notes: Pleasants renamed paper to fit identity of title ornament – bearing the face of Argus, the all-seeing guardian of the Olympian goddess Hera – he had used since April 1795; that well-worn ornament was discontinued with a refitting of his paper in summer of 1797.
- lineage_title: Virginia Argus
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