National Intelligencer

National Intelligencer
Plaque at at the southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street NW in Washington, D.C., marking the original location of the National Intelligencer
TypeThrice Weekly, later Daily newspaper
OwnerSamuel Harrison Smith
PublisherWilliam Winston Seaton and Joseph Gales
FoundedOctober 31, 1800
Ceased publicationJanuary 10, 1870
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
CountryUnited States
ISSN2474-4336
OCLC number9581153

The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from October 31, 1800, until 1870. It was the first newspaper published in the District, which was founded in 1790. It was originally a tri-weekly publication. It covered early debates of the United States Congress. The paper had a strong bias to Democratic-Republicans and Thomas Jefferson.

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