Argus of Western America

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][citation needed] [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]

  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.[permanent dead link]
  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.