Virginia Advocate
The Virginia Advocate was a weekly Charlottesville newspaper in publication from 1827 to 1860.
The Virginia Advocate (1827-1861) and its predecessor The Central Gazette (1820-1827) were Democratic-leaning newspapers central to life in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Background
The Virginia Advocate was the successor to The Central Gazette. [1] Its first editors were Thomas W. Gilmer and John A. G. Davis, with Nicholas P. Trist subsequently taking part in its management. The paper then passed into the hands of Dr. Frank Carr, who sold it to E.W. Reinhart in 1830. After an interval of a few years, the paper was under the control of William W. Tompkins and Alexander Moseley, the latter of whom afterwards became the distinguished editor of the Richmond Whig. Later on, it was conducted by Robert C. Noel, William J. Shelton, and James C. Halsall, and still later it was edited successively by John L. Cochran and James C. Southall.[2]
In 1860, the paper changed names to The Charlottesville Advocate.
Availability
Selected issues of the Virginia Advocate are available on microfilm at the University of Virginia.
References
- ↑ Web. About Virginia advocate. (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress, retrieved April 23, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Albemarle County in Virginia, C.J. Carrier Company, 1901