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George-Town, November 6, 1790. : Sir, Having established a post from Fredericksburg, through the counties of King George, Westmoreland, Northumberland, Lancaster, and Richmond, with a view of promoting my interest, and accommodating the public, in the conveyance of letters and circulation of newspapers, I hope that I shall meet with your friendship and assistance in the prosecution of the same; and in obtaining subscribers to the George-Town weekly ledger, (published in Maryland) and the Fredericksburg herald, (published in Virginia) ...
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 45900 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindsay, Opie, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 45900.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- George-town weekly ledger.
- Newspaper publishing--Washington (D.C.)--Georgetown.
- Newspaper publishing.
- Newspaper publishing--Virginia--Fredericksburg.
- Publishers and publishing--Washington (D.C.)--Georgetown.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Publishers and publishing--Virginia--Fredericksburg.
- Postal service--Virginia.
- Postal service.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Fredericksburg.
- Washington (D.C.)--Georgetown.
- Genre:
- Prospectuses.
- Advertisements -- Postal service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 unnumbered leaves)
- Place of Publication:
- [Georgetown, D.C.] : [Printed by M. Day and W. Hancock], [1790]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Signed: Opie Lindsay. N.B. Gentlemen who would wish to become subscribers to either of the above-mentioned newspapers may depend upon being regularly furnished by the above conveyance.
- Apparently an insufficient number of subscriptions were received to encourage publication of the Fredericksburg herald.
- Imprint supplied by Goff.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 45900).
- Cited in:
- Bristol B7403
- Shipton and Mooney 45900
- Wheeler, J.T. Maryland, 528a
- Goff, F.R. Georgetown, 3
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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