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  2. Thomas Ritchie (journalist) - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Jefferson said of the Enquirer: "I read but a single newspaper, Ritchie's Enquirer, the best that is published or ever has been published in America." [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Ritchie wrote the stirring partisan editorials, clipped the news from Washington and New York papers, and did most of the local reporting himself.

  3. List of newspapers in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Washington County News: Abingdon: Weekly Westmoreland News: Westmoreland County: 1949 Weekly Winchester Star: Winchester: 1896 Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc. Wytheville Enterprise: Wythe County: Weekly published two times a week Yorktown Crier-Poquoson Post: Yorktown: Weekly The Zebra [21] Alexandria 2010 Daily Online The Zebra Press LLC Print ...

  4. Abingdon Historic District - Wikipedia

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    In 1971, the Penn family sold the home to the Penn House Preservation Foundation, which later conveyed it to the Town of Abingdon. The William King Regional Arts Center managed the home beginning in 1995. Today, the Fields-Penn 1860 House museum is operated by the Town of Abingdon [8] The Tavern 222 E. Main St. 1779

  5. Abingdon, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    View of Abingdon c. 1845 Barter Theatre. The region was long the territory of varying cultures of indigenous peoples, including the Chisca and Xualae.From the late 17th-century, it was occupied by the Cherokee Nation, whose territory extended from the present-day area of borders of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky through the spine of North Carolina and later into Georgia.

  6. The Virginia Gazette - Wikipedia

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    Later in 2001 Chesapeake sold the paper to the Daily Press, a Tribune Co. daily in Newport News, Virginia. Through the years, the paper won Virginia Press Association's award for community excellent in publishing three times, in 1969, 1980 and 1994. Long a weekly newspaper, the Gazette expanded to twice-weekly in 1984. The current publisher is ...

  7. Burney Collection of Newspapers - Wikipedia

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    Key objects in the collection include: The financial scandal of the 1720s, the South Sea bubble, with reports in the Weekly Journal or Saturday’s Post of how Parliament decided that if they left the country, the directors of the South Sea company "shall suffer death as a felon without benefit of clergy and forfeit to the King all his Lands, Goods and Chattels whatsoever."

  8. Angus McDonald (Virginia militiaman) - Wikipedia

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    Angus McDonald (1727 – August 19, 1778) was a prominent Scottish American military officer, frontiersman, sheriff and landowner in Virginia.. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, McDonald fought as a lieutenant under the command of Charles Edward Stuart in the Battle of Culloden, after which he was "attainted of treason".

  9. Category:1778 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1778 in Virginia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.