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Seeing a need for a daily Democratic newspaper in Pittsburgh, Smith in 1842 arranged with Thomas Phillips, owner-editor of a competing Democratic weekly called
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began weekly publication on 26 September 1811, with James C. Gilleland as editor and proprietor. Within a year it was purchased by
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from 1811 to the early 1840s. Originally almost unpartisan, it became a mouthpiece of the
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In early 1830, Snowden was succeeded by his son Joseph in the conduct of the
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Morrow, R. (12 February 1840). "To the Patrons of the Pittsburgh Mercury".
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The Tyranny of Printers: Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic
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continued as a Democratic organ until its 1927 merger with the
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University of Virginia Press. p.  199: 159: 571:1842 disestablishments in Pennsylvania 533: 427: 412: 343: 294: 551:Democratic newspapers (United States) 314: 312: 151:, which in turn was succeeded by the 125:was a weekly newspaper published in 566:1811 establishments in Pennsylvania 561:Publications disestablished in 1842 13: 309: 14: 587: 556:Publications established in 1811 395:Allegheny County's Hundred Years 509: 494: 392:Thurston, George Henry (1888). 260:Weekly Mercury and Manufacturer 523:. 2 August 1927. p. 2, col. 4. 468: 442: 421: 406: 385: 370: 337: 288: 1: 428:Wilson, Erasmus, ed. (1898). 295:Wilson, Erasmus, ed. (1898). 281: 168: 145:. It was a progenitor of the 501:"Mercury and Manufacturer". 7: 344:Pasley, Jeffrey L. (2001). 254:. Begun in tandem with the 10: 592: 258:was an edition called the 546:Defunct weekly newspapers 503:The American Manufacturer 379:The Pennsylvania Inquirer 247:The American Manufacturer 241:s Smith as publisher. 106: 96: 88: 67: 59: 51: 43: 35: 30:Front page of first issue 23: 196:Mergers and name changes 111:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 333:(2): 351. October 1922. 154:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 415:The Pittsburgh Mercury 205: 165: 135:Democratic-Republicans 482:. Library of Congress 456:. Library of Congress 203: 163: 75:Democratic-Republican 576:Jacksonian democracy 521:The Pittsburgh Press 214:Allegheny Republican 480:Chronicling America 454:Chronicling America 183:Mayor of Pittsburgh 137:, and later of the 68:Political alignment 20: 252:Daily Morning Post 206: 166: 122:Pittsburgh Mercury 98:Ceased publication 63:September 26, 1811 55:James C. 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Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Democratic-Republicans
Jacksonians
Democrats
Pittsburgh Post
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

John M. Snowden
Mayor of Pittsburgh

Weekly Pittsburgher and Allegheny Democrat
The American Manufacturer
Gazette Times
Post-Gazette
Standard History of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
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"Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820: Part XIV: Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh to York)"
The Tyranny of Printers: Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic
150
ISBN
0-8139-2030-2
Allegheny County's Hundred Years
299

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