Dixon's Observatory

• id: 312
• end_date: November 29, 1798
• frequency: 2/week (Mon, Thu)
• lineage_id: 76
• proprietors: John Dixon
• start_date: September 13, 1798
• variant_number: Richmond 08-02
• notes: Title altered to better associate failing paper with its proprietor/editor; last number issued on Thursday November 29, 1798; Dixon then joined public-printer Meriwether Jones to publish new journal-of-record for state following Monday: The Examiner [Richmond 09].
• lineage_title: The Observatory
• Related Bios:
  • John Dixon Jr.

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