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National Intelligencer plaque at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C.
The National Intelligencer newspaper was published in Washington, D.C. from about 1800 until 1867. Until 1810 it was named the National intelligencer, and Washington advertiser. Its name changed to the National Intelligencer starting with the issue of November 27, 1810. The newspaper was published daily from 1813 to 1867 as the Daily National Intelligencer and was the dominant newspaper of the capitol. Source: Wikipedia The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of "consumer protection" and the elimination and prevention of what regulators perceive to be "anticompetitive" business practices. Source: Wikipedia
Address: Pennsylvania Ave & 6th St NW Nearest Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter (Yellow - Green)
(dcMem ID #532)
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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
1800 - 1865
FOUNDED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH
AND LATER PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH GALES, JR.,
THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER FOR 65 YEARS WAS A
LEADING JOURNAL IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL,"
A VITAL FORCE IN THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL LIFE,
A PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT AND FOR A TIME PROVIDED THE ONLY
PRINTED RECORD OF CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
MUCH OF ITS LIFE, THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER
OCCUPIED THIS SITE.
THIS PLAQUE WAS PLACED IN 1966 BY SIGMA DELTA CHI,
PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTIC SOCIETY.
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