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Title:
American beacon, and Virginia and North Carolina tri-weekly gazette. : (Norfolk, Va.) 1854-1861
Alternative Titles:
  • American beacon
Place of publication:
Norfolk, Va.
Geographic coverage:
  • Norfolk, Virginia  |  View more titles from this: City State
Publisher:
Wm. E. Cunningham and Richard Gatewood, Jr.
Dates of publication:
1854-1861
Description:
  • Began by 1854; ceased in 1861.
Frequency:
Three times a week
Language:
  • English
Subjects:
  • Norfolk (Va.)--Newspapers.
  • Virginia--Norfolk.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01206844
Notes:
  • Also published a weekly ed.: title unknown.
  • Available on microfilm from Bell & Howell, Micro Photo Div.
  • Daily eds.: American beacon (Norfolk, Va. : 1851), <1854>; American beacon and daily commercial advertiser, 1854-1855; American beacon (Norfolk, Va. : 1855), 1855-
  • Description based on: Vol. 56, no. 79 (Apr. 3, 1854).
  • Latest issue consulted: Vol. 57, no. 12 (Jan. 13, 1855).
  • Publishing plant was destroyed by fire Nov. 11, 1856. Cf. Cappon, L.J. Va. newspapers.
LCCN:
sn 99066775
OCLC:
41154470
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