Draft:Daily Argus
Not to be confused with the Saily Argus News of Fordsville, Indiana[1] or the Argus published in Montreal[2]
For other newspapers with similar names see Argus
The Daily Argus, also known as the Republican Argus, was a newspaper in Baltimore Maryland.[3](published for an African American audience.)[citation needed] It had a lot of variations on its name.[4]
Baltimore’s mayor and city council advertised footways in the paper.[5]
Several libraries have editions of the paper and the Library of Congress has entries (somewhat conflicting) on it. R. M. Cloud & Co. are listed as its publishers.[6][7][8][9] In 1847 C.F. & R.M. Cloud were listed as publishers.[10] Cloud also published the Spirit of Democracy.[11] In the late 1820s C. F. Cloud had launched the Baltimore Sunday Visitor with Lambert A. Wilmer.[12]
Charles Newsome Otey, who had earlier edited the People’s Advocate, was an editor of the paper.
History[edit]
The Baltimore Republican and Commercial Advertiser the Daily Argus in 1840 and formed the Republican & Daily Argus in 1842.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=iHNVki4A1WcC&dat=18880104&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=5awf1xo2G04C&dat=18580126&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ^ Congress, Library of (1878). "Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Congress".
- ^ "A Check List of American Newspapers in the Library of Congress". 1901.
- ^ "Journal of Proceedings of the First Branch City Council of Baltimore at the Sessions of". 1848.
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/sn88065145
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84020341/
- ^ https://www.worldcat.org/title/daily-argus/oclc/10602485/
- ^ Allan, Christopher N.; Archives, Maryland State (1989). "A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of Newspapers at the Maryland State Archives".
- ^ "Official Register of the United States: Containing a List of Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service". 1849.
- ^ William Henry Harrison: A Bibliography. ISBN 9780313281679.
- ^ Tomc, Sandra (19 June 2012). Industry and the Creative Mind: The Eccentric Writer in American Literature and Entertainment, 1790-1860. ISBN 978-0472118366.
- ^ http://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/newspaper/number.aspx?id=664
- This draft is in progress as of April 11, 2024.