The Virginia Herald, American, 1787 - 1876 Search this
Medium:
ink on newsprint
Dimensions:
H x W (page): 17 x 10 1/2 in. (43.2 x 26.7 cm)
Type:
newspapers
Place depicted:
Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
France, Europe
Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
Place printed:
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Date:
November 30, 1804
Description:
Two newspaper pages including a front page. The newspaper is discolored, some damage at edges and other losses. Content includes news from Virginia, the United States, and the world, including reports of the French in Louisiana and notice of a French ban on printed news of any sort allowed into colony of Guadaloupe. Advertisements includes notices for sales of enslaved persons, skilled enslaved persons being hired out by their owners, and rewards for the capture and return of fugitive enslaved persons.