Seaton Grantland (1782-1864)

Birthplace

 New Kent County, VA
Portrait to be inserted here

Occupation

 Printer, lawyer
Congressional Service House 1835-39 (D?-Ga.)

Newspaper
Richmond (Va.) Virginian, 1808 
Milledgeville Georgia Journal, 1809-19 (R)
Milledgeville Georgia Republican, 1819
Milledgeville Southern Recorder, 1820-30 (D)

Federal appointments

 none

Other offices
Intendant/Mayor of Milledgeville, 1820
Presidential elector on Whig ticket, 1840

Notes & Link
Printer in Richmond, Va., 1805-1809
Bio and gravesite

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"The Tyranny of Printers": Newspaper Politics in the Early American Republic  
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