The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh)

The Commonwealth
The Statesman
First issue of The Commonwealth
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founder(s)Ephraim Pentland
Founded24 July 1805 (1805-07-24)
(as The Commonwealth)
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication24 February 1836 (1836-02-24)
(as The Statesman)
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States

The Commonwealth was a weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1805 to 1818, before continuing as The Statesman until 1836. It was the city's third newspaper, and one of several in the ancestral lineage of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.