Daily Richmond Enquirer

• id: 336
• end_date: ca. August 22, 1853
• frequency: Daily (ex. Sun)
• lineage_id: 81
• proprietors: William F. Ritchie & Thomas Ritchie Jr.
• start_date: May 9, 1845
• variant_number: Richmond 13-09
• notes: With issue of May 9, 1845, Ritchie Sr. turned over ownership and editorial control of his Enquirer to the sons he made his partners in 1843; chosen retirement date was symbolic, marking the forty-first anniversary of the paper's initial number. The brothers continued the existing twice-weekly country edition, as well as adding a short-lived weekly campaign variant – The Campaign Enquirer – in 1848 (March-November) in support of candidacy of Democrat Lewis Cass.
• lineage_title: The Enquirer
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