The messenger. (Fort Hawkins, Ga.) 1823-1823
Title:
The messenger.
Place of Publication:
Fort Hawkins, Ga.
Geographic coverage:
- Fort Hawkins, Bibb county
Publisher:
M. Robertson
Dates of publication:
1823-1823
Description:
- Vol. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 21, 1823)-v. 1, no. 23 (Nov. 5, 1823).
Frequency:
Weekly
Languages:
- English
Subjects:
- Bibb County (Ga.)--Newspapers.
- Fort Hawkins (Ga.)--Newspapers.
- Georgia--Bibb County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01207988
- Georgia--Fort Hawkins.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01289208
Notes:
- Available on microfilm from the University of Georgia Libraries.
- Publisher varies: Simri Rose & Robertson, Aug. 4, 1823-
LCCN:
sn89053325
OCLC:
19851343
Succeeding Titles:
The messenger. March 21, 1823
About
Beginning on March 16, 1823, Simri Rose and Matthew Robinson published the Messenger out of Fort Hawkins, Georgia. When Macon was incorporated as a town on December 10, 1823, the partners moved their paper to Macon. In 1824, Rose and Robinson changed their paper’s masthead to the Georgia Messenger. The Georgia Messenger, incorporated under S. Rose and Company, merged with the Georgia Journal in 1847 to become the Georgia Journal and Messenger. By 1850, the Journal and Messenger identified itself as Whig and achieved a circulation of 3,200. The paper eventually merged with the Georgia Weekly Telegraph in 1869 after the J. W. Burke Company sold out to Telegraph owner Joseph Clisby.