The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six

• id: 350
• end_date: November 4, 1809
• frequency: 2/week (Tues, Fri)
• lineage_id: 84
• proprietors: Edward Carter Stanard
• start_date: September 13, 1808
• variant_number: Richmond 16-01
• notes: Established as a paper supporting presidential candidacy of James Monroe by campaign's corresponding committee, which included Stanard; printed by Carter, Stanard's brother-in-law, and probably his brother James B. Carter. Supported by dissenting Republicans in state (Tertium Quids) led by John Randolph of Roanoke and John Taylor of Caroline; paper was removed to Washington in November 1809 to serve as voice of Quids in Congress. Stanard's enslaved pressman, Solomon, ran away during the move.
• lineage_title: Spirit of 'Seventy-Six
• Related Bios:
  • John Michell Carter
  • Edward Carter Stanard
  • Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de St Memin

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