Record #:

21272

Author(s):

Watson, Helen R.

Abstract:

A look at the newspaper and periodical reading habits and subscriptions of the citizens of Rocky Mount as recorded by their postmaster Jesse H. Edwards between 1859 and 1860. Information on specific newspaper and periodicals as well as their editors and content is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 60 Issue 4, Oct 1983, p457-485, il, por, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Antebellum period, 1820-1961--Newspaper; Rocky Mount--History; Newspapers--Rocky Mount