R. C. Fleeson

Pittsburgh Dispatch Building
Name
R. C. Fleeson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46544444/reese-craig-fleeson
First Name
Reese
Consistently used initials
Additional Names
Craig
Last Name
Fleeson
Born
1 April 1811
Died
16 March 1863
Profession
Editor
Publisher
Note
Worked with William Burleigh in Pittsburgh
Worked with Jane Swisshelm
Papers edited included Spirit of Liberty, Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch was a major regional daily, with strong ties to Abolition and to Women's Rights.
Photo credit By Armor, Feuerhake & Co. Lithographers - Thurston, George H. (1876) Pittsburgh and Allegheny in the Centennial Year, Pittsburgh: A.A. Anderson & Son, bet. pp. 262 and 263, Public Domain
Daguerreotype of William BurleighWilliam Henry Burleigh
Masthead from May 31 1837 issue of the Christian WitnessChristian Witness and Temperance Banner
Photo Link
Related Places
Pittsburgh 1849Western Pennsylvania
Associated Causes
Sign Against Drinking - Adobe Stock Educational LicenseTemperance
A "Poor Blind Candidate" receiving his obligationAnti-Mason
Liberty BellAbolition
Item sets
Burleigh Project People
Editors
Burleigh Resources ALL
Media
Pittsburgh Dispatch BuildingPittsburgh Dispatch Building

Linked resources

Sign Against Drinking - Adobe Stock Educational LicenseTemperance

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