Virginia Staats-Gazette

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Virginia Staats-Gazette
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TypeDaily German language newspaper
PublisherMoritz Friedrich Richter (18861904)
Founded1870
Political alignmentIndependent
LanguageGerman
Ceased publication1904
Headquarters Richmond, Virginia
Circulation 1,000 (1872)

The Virginia Staats-Gazette was a daily German language newspaper in Richmond, Virginia that was published from 1870 to 1904. [1] The paper was the largest German language publication in the state of Virginia and its daily circulation peaked at 1,000 in 1872. The Staats-Gazette also published a Sunday edition from 1876. [2]

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References

  1. Schlegel, Carl Wilhelm (1917). Schlegel's German-American Families in the United States: Genealogical and Biographical, Illustrated, Volume 2. American Historical Society. p. 230.
  2. "Virginia Staats-Gazette (Richmond, Va.) 1870-1904". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 12, 2024.