Kenhawa Spectator

• id: 38
• end_date: before June 11, 1822
• frequency: Weekly
• lineage_id: 9
• proprietors: Herbert P. Gaines
• start_date: October 21, 1820
• variant_number: Charleston 01-01
• notes: Charleston's first newspaper had ties to the town's Presbyterian community and its new Mercer Academy; Gaines was one of its original teachers; he sold the paper to Mason Campbell, the school's librarian, in June 1822; both men were also lawyers.
• lineage_title: Kenhawa Spectator
• Related Bios:
  • Herbert P. Gaines

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