The Alexandria Herald

• id: 35
• end_date: November 15, 1826
• frequency: 2/week (Mon, Thur)
• lineage_id: 6
• proprietors: Henry Pittman
• start_date: July 24, 1826
• variant_number: Alexandria 05-07
• notes: With the issue of July 24, 1826, Pittman reduced his journal from thrice-weekly to twice-weekly publication under financial pressure; it was continued at that frequency until the paper's demise that November. Following the issue of November 15, 1826, Pittman sold the Herald's subscriber list to John S. Meehan, publisher of the United States' Telegraph in Washington, and ceased publication of this paper.
• lineage_title: Alexandria Herald
• Related Bios:
  • Henry Pittman

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