The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14

Before the District of Columbia existed
there was published in what afterward be-
| came a portion of the ten miles square,"
! most respectable and well printed
newspaper. 1t was printed in what is
| now mere space, for its Office was set on
hill. and the hill has been cut away.
| near the intersection of Fairfax and
Princess Streets in Alexandria, and 1t was
called THE Virginia Journal and Alex
| andria Advertiser" 1t was published by
| George Richards & Co., by whom" as
they gave notice, advertisements and
subscriptions are thankfully received"
From single copy of its first number.
/ Vol. 1. No. /, the following exhaustive
| drain OF extracts has been made.
! Its first article is the following pros
! pectus:
Printing office, Alexandria. Feb. 8, 1854.
To the PUBLIC.
Although the number of subscribers to
our paper Is not yet completed agreeable
| to the Conditions of our Proposals. yet as
We have great reason to expect it will take
| Place In very short time, We have
| thought it expedient to begin our Paper,
and in order to give our Proposals a more
/ extensive Circulation, We now insert them
in the First Number.
ITO crafty the Public at this very in
teresting Period, we have commenced our
| Work. under many Disadvantages. espe-
cially in the article of Types. an AMPLE
Supply Of which the late war hath hther-
to pre- rented us from procuring; but from
the Generosity of the Public We hope soon
to be able to send abroad the VIRGINIA
JOURNAL and ALEXANDRIA ADVER-
User in more elegant dress by SUBJ
| stituting beautiful Type from the most
! rolahra od in Euro hat
ter adapted to our Design. In the Place OF
those We are now constrained to make
Use of.
I'VE have only to add our grateful ac-
acknowledgements for the Encouragement we
have received, assuring the PUBLIC that
though 1t is not sufficient to enable US to
prosecute the laborious and expensive I'm.
r, dertaking to the utmost Extent of our
Plans, which We would rather exceed than
diminish. yet We are determined to pro-
! coed according to our Engagement. under
/ firm Confidence that the Work will re-
| ceive from their Good. viii, such further
Support. as on Experience. which 1t shall
! appear to deserve. a.
I'VE are with the greatest Respect, the
PUBLIC'S obliged, and most humble Serv-
| ants.
GEORGE RICHARDS and COMPANY"
| Alexandria. October 20. 1888.
"To the PUBLIC: il1
| I'VE have been long persuaded that the
| printing of WEEKLY NEWSPAPER in
this town. would be attended with many
and singular Advantages to the Commun-
| ity:-The Utility of such Publication,
| We think, must be obvious to our respect
| able habitants, when they consider the
| Convenience Of our Situation for the Pur-
| pose of Commerce, and receiving for Ex-
| portation the valuable Produce of our ex-
| tensfve BACK COUNTRY.
"A WEEKLY PAPER conducted in a
| proper Manner Is perhaps the most easy
| as well as the most beneficial, Mode of
/ establishing an Intercourse between Men
| of Business; and it is with peculiar
| Pleasure We now address the PUBLIC
on this Subject; at time when the pleas
| ing Views of PEACE, an extension Of
| Trade and an increase of Population, may
| nationally be expected. The Encourage
ment We hare already experienced tof
which we have grateful Sensibility)
| highly fiatters us with the Idea that our
| Future Endeavours and Exertions will be
crowned with adequate Success, and meet
the appreciation of an indulgent and gen.
erous PUBLIC.
| PROPOSALS
| FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION?
| "a NEW WEEKLY PAPER?
Entitled The Virginia Journal and
| Alexandria Advertiser.
/
81. This JOURNAL will be printed in
| Four large Folio Pages, equal in Size to
any of the Pennsylvania and Maryland
| Papers.
I'll The PRICE will be FIFTEEN SHIL-
| LINGS. Virginia Currency. per Annum. to
be paid at the time of subscribing.
III This PAPER will be printed and
published every THURSDAY regularly,
and also punctually delivered at the Sub
scribers' Houses in to the Town;-and
despatched to the Country Subscribers
with all possible Care.
.Iv. ADVERTISEMENT shall be ac-
curately printed in a conspicuous Man
ner. with the greatest Punctuality, at the
customary Prices.
| "v. The FIRST NUMBER will be pub
lished as soon as we have procured SIX
HUNDRED subscribers, who shall have
paid their Subscription Money, which
| alone can enable us to defray the heavy
Expences of SO arduous an Undertaking,
| or execute 1t with Reputation equal to
! our Wishes.
PLAN of the WORK.
| WHEN sufficient Number of Subscrib-
| ers shall be procured. we shall begin this
| PAPER, which will contain a Relation of
| all material Occurrences, foreign and do
| nestle, the Arrival and the Departure of
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