Staunton Spectator and Republican Farmer

• id: 417
• end_date: after January 21, 1825
• frequency: Weekly
• lineage_id: 100
• proprietors: Kenton Harper
• start_date: ca. December 18, 1823
• variant_number: Staunton 06-04
• notes: Earliest surviving number of Harper's variant now known indicates he acquired Collett's Republican Farmer in December 1823, so start date seen here; Harper promptly altered title to add the prefix by which this conservative paper was known for the ensuing ninety-three years. In November 1824, he added the oft-quoted motto of "The man who will not read one newspaper during the week, must truly be the slave of ignorance, or poverty" to his masthead; sometime between the 1825 numbers of January 21st and November 4th, he discontinued that usage.
• lineage_title: Republican Farmer
• Related Bios:
  • Kenton Harper

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