The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six

• id: 351
• end_date: ca. February 15, 1811
• frequency: 2/week (Tues, Fri)
• lineage_id: 84
• proprietors: Edward Carter Stanard, et al.
• start_date: ca. December 5, 1809
• variant_number: Richmond 16-XX
• notes: Published at Washington, District of Columbia.
  Earliest known issue in the District is for December 29, 1809 (vol. 2, no. 24); last Richmond issue was November 4, 1809 (vol. 2, no. 16), indicating first Washington number issued on December 5, 1809, as numbering is continuous. Stanard died December 8, 1810, leaving the paper in hands of his wife Rebecca and her brothers John M. and James B. Carter; they continued journal as a joint venture until May 1813, though moving office to Georgetown in after issue of February 15, 1811.
• lineage_title: Spirit of 'Seventy-Six
• Related Bios:
  • John Michell Carter
  • Edward Carter Stanard

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