Abstract	The Daily Lexington Atlas ran from late 1847 through early 1849 and was Lexington’s first daily paper, and the first to publish information from the telegraph lines. It is described by William Perrin in his 1882 History of Fayette County Kentucky as a “red-hot Whig and fiery southern” publication. It contains some articles and editorials that are overtly racist, as the editors favored slavery, then emancipation only if the freed African Americans were immediately sent to Liberia. It covers the 1848 presidential election and the local election for Kentucky Governor. Perrin claims the paper had an extensive subscriber list, but had to “give up the ghost after several months disastrous experience” due to the expense of the paper.
Alternative title	Lexington Atlas
	Atlas
Editor	Finnell, N. L.
	Cochran, J. B.
Owner	Lexington Public Library
Publisher name	Finnell, N. L.
	Cochran, J. B.
Type of resource	text
Genre	newspaper
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	Finnell & Cochran
Place of publication	Lexington, KY
Date published	1848-07-12
Date captured	2020-03-02
Language	eng
Width	13.85
Height	19.76
Subject temporal	1840s
Subject geographic	State: Kentucky County: Fayette City: Lexington
Subject topic	Newspapers Authority: Local
Subject topic	Whig Authority: local
Subject topic	elections Authority: local
Subject topic	Mexican-American War Authority: local
Subject topic	epidemics Authority: local
Publications	Daily
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