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Title:
The semi-weekly union. [volume] : (Washington City [D.C.]) 1845-1859
Alternative Titles:
  • Semiweekly union
  • Tri-weekly union Jan. 5-Aug. 8, 1846, Jan. 5-Feb. 2, 1858
  • Union <Jan. 1, 1848>-
  • Washington union Feb. 3, 1858-Apr. 14, 1858
Place of publication:
Washington City [D.C.]
Geographic coverage:
  • Washington, District of Columbia  |  View more titles from this: City State
Publisher:
T. Ritchie & J.P. Heiss
Dates of publication:
1845-1859
Description:
  • Ceased in Apr. 1859.
  • Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 5, 1845)-v. 6, no. 141 (Apr. 15, 1851) ; vol. 1, no. 1 (Apr. 22, 1851)-v. 6, no. 13 (Apr. 15, 1857) ; vol. 13, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1857)-
Frequency:
Semiweekly (triweekly during sessions of Congress)
Language:
  • English
Subjects:
  • Washington (D.C.)--fast--(OCoLC)fst01204505
  • Washington (D.C.)--Newspapers.
Notes:
  • Continuous pagination.
  • Daily eds.: Daily union (Washington, D.C.), 1845-1857, and: Washington union (Washington, D.C. : 1857 : Daily), 1857-1859.
  • Issues for Apr. 22, 1851-Apr. 15, 1857 called v. 1, no. 1-v. 6, no. 13, but resumed old ser. with v. 13, no. 1 (Apr. 18, 1857).
  • Publisher varies: Thomas Ritchie, Nov. 3, 1848-June 1, 1849 ; Thomas Ritchie & Edmund Burke, June 5, 1849-<1850> ; Robert Armstrong, <1852> ; A.O.P Nicholson & J.W. Forney, <1856-1857> ; William A. Harris, <1857>.
  • While Congress is in session, "Semi-weekly" is dropped from the title and issues <Jan. 1, 1848>- are published only as: Union. The word "Tri-weekly" appears in small print, in the middle of the rule, between "Washington, D.C." and the date of the issue; it appears not to be part of the title.
LCCN:
sn 82016449
OCLC:
2267615
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