This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACI/3590 Message Board Post: I have ancestors listed as first subscribers to the Baltimore American in 1773. Does anyone know how wide the subscriiption area was? Was it pretty much just in Baltimore or did it extend as far as Frederick County?