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Newspaper The Western Monitor (Lexington [Ky.]) 1814-1825 [Microfilm Reel] In masthead ornament: Lexington advertiser / Monitor

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Western Monitor (Lexington [Ky.]) 1814-1825 [Microfilm Reel]

Other Title

  • In masthead ornament: Lexington advertiser
  • Monitor

Dates of Publication

  • 1814-1825

Created / Published

  • Lexington [Ky.] : Fishback & Sleight, 1814-

Headings

  • -  Lexington (Ky.)--Newspapers
  • -  Fayette County (Ky.)--Newspapers
  • -  Kentucky--Fayette County
  • -  Kentucky--Lexington
  • -  United States--Kentucky--Fayette--Lexington

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly,
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 3, 1814)-
  • -  Ceased in Apr. 1825. Cf. Gregory, W. Amer. newspapers.
  • -  Editors: J. Fishback, 1814-1815; H.C. Sleight, 1814-1815; W.G. Hunt, 1815-1823; Thomas Curry, 1823-1825.
  • -  Publishers: Fishback & Skillman, 1815; Thomas T. Skillman, 1815-1818; William Gibbes Hunt, 1818-1823; William Tanner, 1823-<1824>; Thomas Curry, <1825>.
  • -  Shaw & Shoemaker 33650
  • -  Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers, p. 168
  • -  Vol. 1, no. 2 issued Aug. 13, 1814.
  • -  Available also in a Country ed., 1822-1824: Western monitor (Lexington, Ky. : 1822).
  • -  Merged with: True American (Lexington, Ky.) (non-extant?), to form: True American and western monitor. Cf. Gregory, W. Amer. newspapers.
  • -  Microfilm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Aug. 3, 1814)- Naples, Fla. : Readex Film Products, [2002?]. microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Early American newspapers).
  • -  True American (Lexington, Ky.)
  • -  True American and western monitor (DLC)sn 82014151 (OCoLC)8784550

Medium

  • volumes ; 68 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2002249036

OCLC Number

  • 49788098

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