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Public Printer
CITY:
Vandalia
COUNTY:
Fayette
DEDICATED BY:
The Illinois State Historical Society
DEDICATION DATE:
January 1, 1900 at 6:00:00 AM
The marker is located in Vandalia near the southwest corner of the intersection of Gallatin Street and 4th Street.
This is the site of a two-story frame building occupied by Robert Blackwell, state printer 1818-1832, and publisher of the laws of the United States. In 1823 he became publisher of the Illinois Intelligencer newspaper. The first periodical in Illinois, the Illinois Monthly Magazine, was printed here in 1826. Colonel Blackwell (1792-1866) was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1832-1836 and Senate 1838-1840.
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