Argus of Western America was a newspaper published in Frankfort, Kentucky. Amos Kendall was its editor-in-chief and William Gerrard its publisher.[1] It was published from 1808 until 1830.[2] It supported Henry Clay, who helped fund newspapers, but switched allegiances to his rival Andrew Jackson after 1824.[3]

Moses O. (Owsley) Bledsoe was also a publisher of the weekly paper.[4] Bledsoe emancipated several slaves in Missouri in 1829. Bledsoe also published the Commentator in Frankfort (1817 - 1820).[5] [6] He was the father of Albert Taylor Bledsoe. He partnered with J. H. Farnham. He lost out to Kendall and Russells in the vote for public printers in Kentucky.[7] Bledsoe and his son were parties to Abraham Lincoln's broadsword duel.[8]

References

  1. "The Argus of western America". Library of Congress.
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities. "The Argus of western America. [volume]" via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  3. "How Politicians Bought the 19th Century Media". May 4, 2015.
  4. "The Argus of western America". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  5. "Deed of emancipation between Moses O. Bledsoe and [Taylor] Gibson, St. Louis, Missouri, 7 March 1836 :: Manuscripts". kyhistory.com.
  6. Society, American Antiquarian (November 24, 1914). "Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society". American Antiquarian Society. via Google Books.
  7. "Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky". November 24, 1818 via Google Books.
  8. Burlingame, Michael (April 1, 2013). Abraham Lincoln: A Life. JHU Press. ISBN 9781421410678 via Google Books.


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