Argus of Western America

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The Argus of Western America was a newspaper published in Frankfort, Kentucky. Amos Kendall was its editor-in-chief and William Gerrard its publisher. [1] It was published from 1808 until 1830. [2] It supported Henry Clay, who helped fund newspapers, but switched allegiances to his rival Andrew Jackson after 1824. [3]

Moses O. (Owsley) Bledsoe was also a publisher of the weekly paper. [4] Bledsoe emancipated several slaves in Missouri in 1829. Bledsoe also published the Commentator in Frankfort (1817–1820). [5] [6] He was the father of Albert Taylor Bledsoe. He partnered with J. H. Farnham. He lost out to Kendall and Russells in the vote for public printers in Kentucky. [7] Bledsoe and his son were parties to Abraham Lincoln's broadsword duel. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "The Argus of western America". Library of Congress.
  2. ↑ National Endowment for the Humanities. "The Argus of western America. [volume]" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  3. ↑ "How Politicians Bought the 19th Century Media". May 4, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "The Argus of western America". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Deed of emancipation between Moses O. Bledsoe and [Taylor] Gibson, St. Louis, Missouri, 7 March 1836 :: Manuscripts". kyhistory.com.
  6. ↑ "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society". American Antiquarian Society. November 24, 1914 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky". November 24, 1818 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Burlingame, Michael (April 1, 2013). Abraham Lincoln: A Life. JHU Press. ISBN   9781421410678 – via Google Books.


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