Winchester Virginian

• id: 502
• end_date: early August 1848
• frequency: Weekly
• lineage_id: 113
• proprietors: John C. Bowyer
• start_date: Mid-September 1843
• variant_number: Winchester 02-21
• notes: John C. Bowyer (1803-80) acquired the Virginian in mid-September 1843 with approbation of local Democratic party leaders; he continued in that role until it became clear that the party would lose the 1848 presidential election; he then sold the weekly paper to Edward C. Bruce (1825-1900), in combination with Charlestown lawyers J. W. Beller (1820-77) and A.J. O'Bannon (1815-60).
• lineage_title: Winchester Gazette
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