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| Type | Biweekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder(s) | George Roulstone |
| Publisher | George Roulstone (1791–1804) Robert Ferguson (1791–1793) Elizabeth Gilliam Roulstone (1804–1808) George Wilson (1804–1818) David Lear (2014–) |
| Political alignment | Federalist[1] |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1808, 1818 |
| Headquarters | Rogersville, Tennessee (1791–1792) Knoxville, Tennessee (1792–1818) |
The Knoxville Gazette was the first newspaper published in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the third published west of the Appalachian Mountains.[2] Established by George Roulstone (1767–1804) at the urging of Southwest Territory governor William Blount, the paper's first edition appeared on November 5, 1791.[3] The Gazette provided an important medium through which Tennessee's frontier government could dispense legislative announcements, and the paper's surviving editions are now an invaluable source of information on life in early Knoxville.[1]
- ^ a b John Anthony Caruso, The Appalachian Frontier: America's First Surge Westward (Knoxville, Tenn.: The University of Tennessee Press, 2003), pp. 348-349. Retrieved: 7 July 2010.
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rulewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Carroll Van West, Knoxville Gazette. Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: 7 July 2010.