Virginia Argus

• id: 309
• end_date: January 30, 1816
• frequency: 2/week (Tues, Sat)
• lineage_id: 75
• proprietors: John Burke & Company
• start_date: March 29, 1815
• variant_number: Richmond 07-09
• notes: Following issue of March 25, 1815, Philip DuVal withdrew from Argus firm; Burke brought in brother David as a partner; Deborah Pleasants still held an interest in the business, one she was still trying to collect on in 1822; Burke also engaged Girardin, then the editor of the competing Richmond Daily Compiler, to edit the Argus as well.
• lineage_title: Virginia Argus
• Related Bios:
  • David Burke
  • John McDonald Burke
  • Louis Hue Girardin
  • Deborah Whitehead Lownes Pleasants

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