The Bye-Stander

• id: 53
• end_date: Fall 1815
• frequency: Weekly
• lineage_id: 14
• proprietors: Forbes & Alexander Britton
• start_date: July 28, 1810
• variant_number: Clarksburg 01-01
• notes: First paper published in Clarksburg was associated with political faction of James Pindall, a Federalist then in the Virginia Senate; Pindall induced his brother-in-law, Forbes Britton to bring his press from Morgantown to produce this paper; Britton brought his brother Alexander to Clarksburg to assist him. First number seems to have issued on July 26, 1810, though dating is conjectural as a result of only three numbers surviving today; the paper ceased publication when business was forced into receivership in fall 1815.
• lineage_title: Bye-Stander
• Related Bios:
  • Alexander Britton
  • Forbes Britton, Sr.

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