National Intelligencer

National Intelligencer
National Intelligencer plaque at original location in Washington, DC
TypeThrice Weekly, later Daily newspaper
Owner(s)Samuel Harrison Smith
PublisherWilliam Winston Seaton and Joseph Gales
FoundedOctober 31, 1800
Ceased publicationJanuary 10, 1870
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
CountryUnited States
ISSN2474-4336
OCLC number9581153

The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from October 30, 1800 until 1870. It was the first newspaper published in the District, which was founded in 1790. It was originally a tri-weekly publication. It covered early debates of the United States Congress. The paper had a strong bias to Republicans and Thomas Jefferson.[1][2]

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