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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) ...

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Format:
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
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