National Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts, 1824-1826 - Paperback

by Joan M. Dixon (Author)

The seventh volume in this continuing series contains abstracts from The Daily National Intelligencer (formerly The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser), Washington, D.C.'s first newspaper. Entries include classified ads, presidential appointments, marriages, deaths, legal notices, congressional lists, advertisements, runaway slave notices and rewards, taxlists, notable court cases, letters, military affairs, maritime information and other noteworthy events in and around the nation's capital. These abstracts are a vital resource for researching ancestors living in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The abstracts are arranged chronologically; the book includes an index of surnames as well as vessels and tracts of land.