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Newspaper The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser (Dover, Del.) 1804-18?? Dover argus

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About The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser (Dover, Del.) 1804-18??

The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser was established in 1804 and printed by Freeman and Barber. Published in Dover, Delaware, every Wednesday and Saturday, the newspaper’s motto was “Here shall the Press the People’s Rights maintain, Unaw’d by Influence, and unbrib’d by Gain; Here Patriot Trust its Glorious Precepts dream, Pledg’d to Religion, Liberty, and Law.”

The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser included both foreign and domestic news. The October 24, 1804 issue included the translation of a speech by French revolutionary politician, Lazare Carnot regarding his opposition to a motion on hereditary government. The newspaper also included news from Paris such as a reprinted letter by the High Chancellor of the Legion of Honor, the attempted poisoning of the exiled King Louis XVIII and the King of Sweden, which London newspapers attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, and Russia’s declaration of war on France. In addition, the Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser included news from Hamburg, Genoa, and Dunkirk.

The newspaper also reprinted a speech of Connecticut’s Governor John Trumbull regarding the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on the election of the President and Vice-President and the role of the Electoral College. In addition, it published news regarding Maryland elections and an extract of a letter from a Lieutenant Pratt to the Inspector of the Army noting that Fort Greene in Georgia had been destroyed by a hurricane.

It is unknown when the Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser ceased publication.

Provided By: University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser (Dover, Del.) 1804-18??

Other Title

  • Dover argus

Dates of Publication

  • 1804-18??

Created / Published

  • Dover, Del. : Freeman & Barber

Headings

  • -  Dover (Del.)--Newspapers
  • -  Delaware--Dover
  • -  United States--Delaware--Kent--Dover

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Semiweekly
  • -  Began in 1804.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.
  • -  Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 42 (Oct. 24, 1804).

Medium

  • v.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn88053157

OCLC Number

  • 18911305

ISSN Number

  • 2639-250x

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Chicago citation style:

The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser Dover, Del. -18??. (Dover, DE), Jan. 1 1804. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88053157/.

APA citation style:

(1804, January 1) The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser Dover, Del. -18??. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88053157/.

MLA citation style:

The Dover Argus and Delaware Advertiser Dover, Del. -18??. (Dover, DE) 1 Jan. 1804. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn88053157/.