251:: "I read but a single newspaper, Ritchie's Enquirer, the best that is published or ever has been published in America." Ritchie wrote the stirring partisan editorials, clipped the news from Washington and New York papers, and did most of the local reporting himself. At one point, he served on Richmond's city council. He was state printer from December 5, 1814, to 1834. In November 1834, he lost the election to Samuel Shepherd. He was re-elected in 1835 and served as state printer until his retirement in 1839. He was elected as printer of the U.S. House of Representatives on December 3, 1845, and later elected as printer of the U.S. Senate on December 17th. He served alongside Heiss. He was editor of the
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