University of Connecticut
Index to the Early American Newspaper Microfilm Collection
in the Homer Babbidge Library
Compiled by Carole Dyal and Laura Raccagni
Designed & Formatted by Meredith Petersons
December 2003
[Revised March 2006]
Research and Information Services Homer Babbidge Library • University of Connecticut Preface
Index to the Early American Newspaper Microfilm Collection
No history of a town or city can be written without recourse to its newspapers. Clarence S. Brigham
The index that follows identifies the Early American Newspapers from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries that have been preserved on microfilm for users of the Homer Babbidge Library. The collection incorporates newspapers from Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia. The index arranges the newspapers by state, then by city or town, and finally by principal title. The dates of library holdings are noted for each. During these decades, newspapers rarely survived more than a few short years; and their titles changed several times during their lifespan. In order to accurately record the birth and death, title and location changes for the newspapers included in the Early American Newspapers Collection, the compilers viewed the microfilm for each title and consulted Clarence S. Brigham’s invaluable History and Bibliography of American Newspapers. Brigham reports that the mortality of newspapers before 1821 is notable. “Over half of 2120 papers in this period—to be exact, 1118 papers—expired before they had reached two years of existence; 1002 papers lived from two to four years; 541 from five to nine years; 302 from ten to nineteen years; 106 from twenty to twenty-nine years; 34 from thirty to thirty-nine years; 15 from forty to forty-nine years; and 10 from fifty to eighty seven years" (xii). Of those 10 that survived over fifty years, three were published in Connecticut: the Connecticut Gazette (New London, 1763 to 1820), the Connecticut Courant (Hartford, 1764 to 1820), and the Connecticut Journal (New Haven, 1767 to 1820). All three of these titles are available in the Babbidge collection. Most American newspapers from this period were weeklies, printed on folio or crown sheets; “that is, they had four pages, each measuring about 11 x 17 or 10 x 15 inches” (Mott, 43). Though circulations were small by modern standards, ranging from a few hundred to at most a few thousand, each copy was likely to be shared by many readers, either among individuals or at places of gathering such as coffee houses or taverns. Finally, a word on content: news from England and Europe (mostly having to do with politics and wars) was featured prominently, freely adapted from papers carried overseas by merchants and settlers. And though political actions and military events predominated, “accidents, wrecks, fires, storms, agricultural yields, ‘remarkables' and monstrosities, gaol breaks, epidemics and medical achievements, and crime news were all frequent” (Mott, 101).
-ii- Then as now, advertising announcements “represented the chief profit margin in the newspaper business.” These varied in length from “two or three lines to a column or more.” Prominent were notices of runaways—slaves, apprentices, and bondservants (Mott, 56).
Works Cited:
Brigham, Clarence S. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690 – 1820. Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1947. Babbidge Library / Level 1 / Ref. Z 6951 B86
Mott, Frank Luther. American Journalism: a history of newspapers in the United States through 250 years, 1690 to 1940. New York: McMillan, 1947. Babbidge Library / Level 4 / PN 4855 M63
Scott E. Kennedy • November 2003 Area Head Research & Information Services University of Connecticut Libraries
-iii- Table of Contents
Connecticut Hartford ...... pages 1 and 2 Litchfield ...... pages 2 and 3 Middletown...... page 3 New Haven ...... page 3 New London...... page 3 Norwich ...... page 4 Stonington ...... page 4 Windham...... page 4
Delaware Wilmington ...... page 5
District of Columbia Georgetown ...... page 5 Washington ...... page 5
Georgia Milledgeville ...... page 5 Savannah ...... page 5
Maine Portland ...... page 6
Massachusetts Boston ...... pages 6 – 10 Cambridge ...... page 10 Newburyport ...... page 10 Northampton ...... page 10 Pittsfield ...... page 11 Salem ...... page 11 Stockbridge ...... page 11 Worcester ...... page 12
New Hampshire Concord ...... page 13 Portsmouth ...... page 13
-iv- New York Albany ...... page 14 New York ...... page 14
North Carolina Newbern ...... page 15
Ohio Chillicothe ...... page 15
Pennsylvania Philadelphia ...... page 15
Rhode Island Newport ...... page 16 Providence ...... page 16
South Carolina Charleston ...... page 17
Vermont Bennington ...... page 17
Virginia Leesburg ...... page 18 Richmond...... page 18
-v- Index to the Early American Newspaper Microfilm Collection in the Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
About the Microfilm Collection • Microfilm reels are shelved together under the collection title, Early American Newspapers, in the Babbidge Microform Research Collections on Level 3.
• Within the Early American Newspapers Collection, microfilm reels are arranged first by place of publication (state and city or town) then alphabetically by newspaper title.
About the Index • Newspapers are arranged first by place of publication (state and city or town), then alphabetically by title.
• Library holdings (months, days, and years) are listed for each title in the Collection.
• Exceptions to the norm are noted for the following: Titles filmed out of alphabetical order Titles filmed out of location sequence More than one newspaper title filmed on the same reel Early American newspapers filmed in the American Periodical Series Collection, 1800- 1850. The APS Collection is located in the Babbidge Microform Research Collections, Level 3. Early American newspapers filmed in the Harbottle Dorr Collection of Annotated Massachusetts Newspapers. The Harbottle Dorr Collection is located in the Babbidge Microform Research Collections, Level 3.
CONNECTICUT Hartford, CT
American Mercury ...... Jul. 12, 1784 – Dec. 26, 1820
Connecticut Courant ...... Oct. 29, 1764 – Dec. 30, 1837
Index to Connecticut News in the Connecticut Courant* *Microfilm index to the Connecticut Courant (1764 – 1820) arranged alphabetically by names and subjects.
Connecticut Courant ...... Oct. 29, 1764 – Nov. 3, 1766
Connecticut Courant; and the Weekly Advertiser ...... Nov. 10, 1766 – Apr. 4, 1767
Connecticut Courant ...... Apr. 13, 1767 – May 31, 1774
Connecticut Courant, and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer ..... Jun. 7, 1774 – Feb. 10, 1778
Connecticut Courant ...... Feb. 17, 1778
Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer ...... Feb. 24, 1778 – Apr. 28, 1778
-1- Connecticut Courant ...... May 5, 12, 1778
Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer ...... May 19, 1778 – Jan. 2, 1781
Connecticut Courant and Weekly Intelligencer ...... Jan. 9, 1781 – Sept. 2, 1783
Connecticut Courant, and Weekly Intelligencer ...... Sept. 9, 1783 – Mar. 14, 1791
Connecticut Courant ...... Mar. 21, 1791 – Dec. 30, 1837
Connecticut Mirror ...... Jul. 10, 1809 – Dec. 15, 1832
Hartford Gazette ...... Jan. 13, 1794 – Mar. 19, 1795
Hartford Gazette ...... Jan. 13, 1794 – Jun. 26, 1794
Hartford Gazette and Universal Advertiser ...... Jul. 14, 1794 – Oct. 9, 1794
Hartford Gazette ...... Oct. 13, 1794 – Mar. 19, 1795
Times* ...... Jan.14, 1817 – Dec. 26, 1820 *First readable issue on reel that begins with Jan. 1.
Times ...... Jan.14, 1817 – Nov. 9, 1819
Times and Weekly Advertiser ...... Nov. 16, 1819 – Dec. 26, 1820
Litchfield, CT
Litchfield Gazette ...... Mar. 16, 1808 – May 17, 1809
Litchfield Journal ...... Apr. 8, 1818 – Oct. 20, 1818
Litchfield Monitor ...... Dec. 21, 1784 – Jul.1, 1807
The Weekly Monitor and American Advertiser ...... Dec. 21, 1784 – Mar. 15, 1785
Weekly Monitor ...... Apr. 12, 1785 – Nov. 28, 1786
The Weekly Monitor and Litchfield Town and County Recorder ...... Dec. 5, 1786 – Jun. 4, 1787
The Weekly Monitor ...... Jun. 11, 1787 – Dec. 31, 1787
Collier’s (Litchfield) Weekly Monitor ...... Jan. 7, 1788 – Jun. 16, 1788
Litchfield Weekly Monitor ...... June 23, 1788
Weekly Monitor ...... Jun. 30, 1788 – Apr. 20, 1789
Weekly Monitor and the Litchfield Advertiser ...... Apr. 27, 1789
Weekly Monitor ...... May 4, 1789
Supplement to the Weekly Monitor ...... May 4, 1789
-2- Weekly Monitor ...... May 11, 1789
Weekly Monitor and the Litchfield Advertiser ...... May 25, 1789 – Jun. 8, 1789
Weekly Monitor ...... Nov. 17, 1789 – Nov. 29, 1790
Litchfield-County Monitor ...... Dec. 11, 1790 – Jan. 3, 1791
Litchfield Monitor ...... Jan. 10, 1791 – Jan. 4, 1792
The Monitor ...... Jan. 11, 1792 – Aug. 20, 1794
Litchfield Monitor ...... Aug. 27, 1794 – June 3, 1795
Litchfield Monitor and Agricultural Register ...... Jun. 10, 1795 – May 11, 1796
Weekly Monitor ...... May 18, 1796 – Feb. 21, 1798
The Monitor ...... Feb. 28, 1798 – Feb. 26, 1800
The Farmer’s Monitor ...... Mar. 5, 1800 – Jan. 14, 1801
Monitor ...... Jan. 21, 1801 – Jun. 8, 1803
Litchfield Monitor ...... Jun. 15, 1803 – Jul. 1, 1807
Litchfield Republican...... May 19, 1819 – Mar. 12, 1821
Witness ...... Aug. 14, 1805 – Jun. 24, 1807
Middletown, CT
Middlesex Gazette ...... Nov. 8, 1785 – Dec. 28, 1820
New Haven, CT
Connecticut Journal ...... Oct. 23, 1767 – Dec. 26, 1820
New-Haven Chronicle ...... Apr. 25, 1786 – Sept. 11, 1787
New-Haven Gazette ...... May 13, 1784 – Feb. 9, 1786
New-Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine ...... Feb. 15, 1786 – Jun. 18, 1789
New London, CT
Bee ...... Jun. 14, 1797 – Jun. 23, 1802
Connecticut Gazette ...... Nov. 18, 1763 – Dec. 27, 1820
New-London Summary ...... Sept. 29, 1758 – Sept. 23, 1763
-3- Norwich, CT
Courier ...... Nov. 30, 1796 – Dec. 27, 1820
Chelsea Courier ...... Nov. 30, 1796 – May 24, 1798
Courier ...... May 31, 1798 – Mar. 15, 1809
Norwich Courier ...... Mar. 22, 1809 – Dec. 27, 1820
Norwich Packet ...... Oct. 28, 1773 – Feb. 9, 1802
Norwich Packet: and the Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser ...... Oct. 28, 1773 – Dec. 22, 1777
The Norwich Packet...... Dec. 29, 1777 – June 1, 1779
The Norwich Packet; and the Weekly Advertiser ...... Jun. 8, 1779 – Sept. 26, 1782
The Norwich Packet; or, the Chronicle of Freedom ...... Oct. 30, 1783 – Apr. 7, 1785
The Norwich-Packet, or, the Country Journal ...... Apr. 14, 1785 – Feb. 1, 1787
The Norwich Packet. And the Country Journal ...... Feb. 8, 1787 – Jan. 22, 1790
The Norwich-Packet & Country Journal ...... Jan. 29, 1790 – Sept. 24, 1790
Vox Populi Norwich Packet ...... Oct. 1, 1790 – Jun. 2, 1791
Norwich Packet ...... June 9, 1791 – Feb. 9, 1802
Weekly Register ...... Nov. 29, 1791 – Aug. 19, 1795
Stonington, CT
Journal of the Times ...... Oct. 10, 1798 – Sept. 17, 1799
Patriot ...... Jul. 24, 1801 – Feb. 11, 1803
Windham, CT
Windham Herald ...... Mar. 12, 1791 – Dec. 28, 1810
-4- DELAWARE Wilmington, DE
American Watchman ...... Aug. 2, 1809 – Jul. 21, 1820
American Watchman; and Delaware Republican ...... Aug. 2, 1809 – Dec. 29, 1813
American Watchman ...... Jan.1, 1814 – Jul. 21, 1820
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Georgetown, DC
Independent American ...... Jul. 11, 1809 – Jan. 22, 1811
Independent American and Columbian Advertiser ...... Jul. 11, 1809 – Sept. 28, 1809
Independent American ...... Oct. 3, 1809 – Jan.22, 1811
National Messenger ...... Oct. 27, 1817 – Dec. 29, 1820
Washington, DC
City of Washington Gazette ...... Nov. 12, 1817 – Dec. 30, 1820
Daily National Intelligencer ...... Jan. 1, 1813 – Dec. 30, 1820
National Intelligencer ...... Oct. 31, 1800 – Dec. 31, 1812
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser ...... Oct. 31, 1800 – Nov. 24, 1810
National Intelligencer ...... Nov. 27, 1810 – Dec. 31, 1812
Spirit of ‘Seventy-Six ...... Dec. 29, 1809 – Feb. 15, 1811
GEORGIA Milledgeville, GA
Milledgeville Republican ...... Mar. 20, 1816 – Mar. 27, 1816
Reflector ...... Nov. 12, 1817 – Feb. 2, 1819
Savannah, GA
Georgia Gazette ...... Apr. 7, 1763 – May 23, 1770
-5- MAINE Portland, ME
Eastern Argus...... Sept. 8, 1803 – Dec. 29, 1829
Portland Gazette ...... Apr. 16, 1798 – Dec. 30, 1811
The Gazette ...... Apr. 16, 1798 – Apr. 22, 1799
Jenks’ Portland Gazette ...... Apr. 29, 1799 – Sept. 20, 1802
Jenks’ Portland Gazette. Maine Advertiser ...... Sept. 27. 1802 – Oct. 14, 1803
Jenks’ Portland Gazette ...... Oct. 31, 1803 – Mar. 12, 1805
Portland Gazette ...... Mar. 18, 1805 – Jul. 16, 1805
Portland Gazette and Maine Advertiser...... Jul. 23, 1805 – Dec. 30, 1811
MASSACHUSETTS Boston, MA
American Apollo ...... Oct. 5, 1792 – Dec. 25, 1794
American Herald ...... Jan. 19, 1784 – Jun. 30, 1788
American Herald and the General Advertiser ...... Jan. 19, 1784 – Mar. 29, 1784
American Herald ...... Apr. 5, 1784 – Jan. 7, 1788
American Herald and Federal Recorder ...... Jan. 14, 1788
American Herald ...... Jan. 21, 1788 – Jun. 30, 1788
Boston Chronicle ...... Oct. 22, 1767 – Jun. 25, 1770
Boston Daily Advertiser ...... Mar. 3, 1813 – Dec. 30, 1820
Boston Evening-Post ...... Aug. 18, 1735 – Apr. 24, 1775
Boston Evening-Post ...... Oct. 20, 1781 – Jan.10, 1784
Boston Evening-Post and the General Advertiser ...... Oct. 20, 1781 – Jan. 10, 1784
Boston Gazette ...... Dec. 21, 1719 – Sept. 17, 1798
Boston Gazette ...... Dec. 21, 1719 – Oct. 19, 1741
Boston Gazette, or New England Weekly Journal ...... Oct. 20, 1741 – Oct. 20, 1741
Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal ...... Oct. 27, 1741 – Dec. 26, 1752
Boston Gazette, or Weekly Advertiser ...... Jan. 3, 1753 – Apr. 1, 1755
Boston Gazette, or Country Journal ...... Apr. 7, 1755 – Apr. 5, 1756
-6- Boston Gazette and Country Journal ...... Apr. 12, 1756 – Dec. 30, 1793
Boston Gazette and Republican Weekly Journal ...... Jan. 6, 1794 – Sept. 17, 1798
Boston Intelligencer ...... Aug. 17, 1816 – Dec. 30, 1820
Boston Intelligencer and Morning & Evening Advertiser ...... Aug. 17, 1816 – Oct. 17, 1818
Boston Intelligencer & Evening Gazette ...... Oct. 24, 1818 – Dec. 30, 1820
Boston News-Letter* ...... Apr. 17, 1704 – Feb. 29, 1776 *Available only on microcard. Filed alphabetically by title, Boston News-Letter, on Babbidge Reference Microform shelves.
Boston News-Letter ...... Apr. 17, 1704 – Dec. 29, 1726
Weekly News-Letter ...... Jan.5, 1727 – Oct. 29, 1730
Boston Weekly News-Letter ...... Nov. 5, 1730 – Aug. 25, 1757
Boston News-Letter ...... Sept. 1, 1757 – Mar. 18, 1762
Boston News-Letter and New England Chronicle ...... Mar. 25, 1762 – Mar. 31, 1763
Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-Letter ...... Apr. 7, 1763 – Oct. 31, 1765
Massachusetts Gazette ...... Nov. 7, 1765 – May 15, 1766
Massachusetts Gazette. And Boston News-Letter ...... May 22, 1766 – May 19, 1768
Boston Weekly News-Letter ...... May 26, 1768 – Sept. 21, 1769
Massachusetts Gazette; and the Boston Weekly News-Letter ...... Sept. 28, 1769 – Feb. 29, 1776
Boston Patriot ...... Mar. 3, 1809 – Dec. 30, 1820
Boston Patriot and Morning Advertiser ...... Mar. 9, 1816 – May 31, 1817
Independent Chronicle & Boston Patriot ...... Jun. 2, 1817 – Dec. 1, 1817
Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle ...... Dec. 2, 1817 – Dec. 2, 1817
Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle ...... Dec. 3, 1817 – Jun. 30, 1819
Boston Patriot & Daily Mercantile Advertiser ...... Jul. 1, 1819 – Dec. 30, 1820
Boston Post-Boy ...... Apr. 21, 1735 – Apr. 17, 1775 [Apr. 21, 1735 – Nov. 5, 1744 filmed with Boston Evening-Post. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
Boston Weekly Post-Boy ...... Apr. 21, 1735 – Jun. 4, 1750
Boston Post-Boy ...... Jun. 11, 1750 – Dec. 23, 1754
Boston Weekly Advertiser ...... Aug. 22, 1757 – Dec. 25, 1758
-7- Green & Russell’s Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser ...... Jan. 1, 1759 – May 23, 1763
Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser ...... May 30, 1763 – May 16, 1768
Boston Post-Boy & Advertiser The Massachusetts Gazette ...... May 23, 1768 – Sept. 25, 1769
The Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser ...... Oct. 2, 1769 – April 17, 1775
Boston Price-Current
Boston Price-Current and Marine Intelligencer ...... Sept. 7, 1795 – Jun. 4, 1798
Russell’s Gazette. Commercial and Political ...... June 7, 1798 – Dec. 13, 1798
J. Russell’s Gazette. Commercial and Political ...... Dec. 17, 1798 – Oct. 6, 1800 [Jun. 7, 1798 – Oct. 7, 1799 filmed with Boston Price-Current. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
[Oct. 10, 1799 – Oct. 6, 1800 filmed with Boston Gazette 1800 – 1820 See Massachusetts, Boston.]
Boston Gazette. Commercial and Political ...... Oct. 9, 1800 – Dec. 30, 1802
Boston Gazette ...... Jan. 3, 1803 – Dec. 28, 1815
Boston Commercial Gazette ...... Jan. 1, 1816 – Dec. 30, 1820
Censor ...... Nov. 23, 1771 – May 2, 1772
Columbian Centinel ...... Jun. 16, 1790 – Dec. 30, 1820
Columbia Centinel ...... Jun. 16, 1790 – Oct. 2, 1799
Columbia Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist ...... Oct. 5, 1799 –Nov. 9, 1799
Columbia Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist ...... Nov. 13, 1799 – Sept. 1, 1804
Columbia Centinel. Massachusetts Federalist ...... Sept. 5, 1804 – Dec. 31, 1817
Columbian Centinel ...... Jan. 3, 1818 – Jan. 17, 1818
Columbian Centinel. American Federalist ...... Jan. 21, 1818 – Dec. 30, 1820
Continental Journal ...... May 30, 1776 – Jun. 21, 1787
Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser ...... May 30, 1776 – Jun. 21, 1787
Courier ...... Jul. 1, 1795 – Dec. 30, 1795
Courier ...... Jul. 1, 1795 – Oct. 17, 1795
Courier. Boston Evening Gazette and Universal Advertiser ...... Oct. 21, 1795 – Dec. 16, 1795
Courier. Boston Evening Gazette, and General Advertiser ...... Dec. 19, 1795 – Dec. 30, 1795 Federal Gazette ...... Jan. 1, 1798 – Mar. 26, 1798 -8-
Federal Gazette and Daily Advertiser ...... Jan. 1, 1798 – Mar. 5, 1798
Federal Gazette and General Advertiser ...... Mar. 18, 1798 – Mar. 26, 1798 [Filmed with Courier. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
Federal Orrery ...... Oct. 20, 1794 – Oct. 31, 1796 [Filmed with American Apollo. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
Independent Chronicle ...... Sept. 19, 1776 – Dec. 30, 1820
Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser ...... Nov. 7, 1776 – Dec. 17, 1801
Independent Chronicle ...... Dec. 21, 1801 – May 29, 1817
Independent Chronicle & Boston Patriot (For The Country) ...... Jun. 4, 1817 – Sept. 27, 1847
Independent Chronicle & Boston Patriot ...... Oct. 1, 1817 – Feb. 26, 1820
Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot ...... Mar. 1, 1820 – Dec. 30, 1820
Massachusetts Centinel ...... Mar. 24, 1784 – Jul. 28, 1790
Massachusetts Centinel: and the Republican Journal ...... Mar. 24, 1784 – Oct. 13, 1784
Massachusetts Centinel ...... Oct. 16, 1784 – Jun. 12, 1790
Columbian Centinel ...... Jun. 16, 1790 – Jul. 28, 1790
Massachusetts Gazette ...... Nov. 28, 1785 – Nov. 11, 1788 [Filmed with Salem Gazette. See Massachusetts, Salem.]
Massachusetts Spy ...... Jul. 17, 1770 – Apr. 6, 1775
Massachusetts Spy ...... Jul. 17, 1770 – Oct. 1, 1772
Massachusetts Spy Or, Thomas’s Boston Journal ...... Oct. 8, 1772 – Apr. 6, 1775 [Filmed with Censor. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
New-England Chronicle ...... Apr. 25, 1776 – Sept. 12, 1776 [Filmed with Independent Chronicle. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
New England Courant ...... Aug. 7, 1721 – Jun. 25, 1726
New-England Weekly Journal ...... Mar. 20, 1727 – Oct. 13, 1741
Polar Star ...... Oct. 6, 1796 – Feb. 2, 1797 [Filmed with Courier. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
Polar Star. Boston Daily Advertiser ...... Oct. 6, 1796 – Oct. 8, 1796
Boston Daily Polar Star Advertiser ...... Oct. 10, 1796 – Nov. 12, 1796
Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser ...... Nov. 14, 1796 – Feb. 2, 1797
Weekly Rehearsal ...... Sept. 27, 1731 – Aug. 11, 1735 [Filmed with New-England Courant. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
-9- Yankee ...... Jan. 3, 1812 – Jan. 20, 1820
Yankee ...... Jan. 3, 1812 – Apr. 8, 1819
Boston Yankee ...... Apr. 15, 1819 – Jan. 20, 1820
Cambridge, MA
New England Chronicle or the Essex Gazette* ...... May 12, 1775 – Apr. 4, 1776 *See the Harbottle Dorr Collection of Annotated Massachusetts Newspapers Reel 4, Vol. 4, — 1772 – 1796 ...... Pages 729 – 914
Newburyport, MA
Essex Journal ...... Dec. 4, 1773 – Feb. 6, 1777
Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet: Or the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser ...... Dec. 4, 1773 – Jun. 23, 1775
Essex Journal: or the Massachusetts and New Hampshire General Advertiser &c ...... Jun. 30, 1775 – Jul. 28, 1775
Essex Journal, or New-Hampshire Packet ...... Aug. 4, 1775 – Nov. 3, 1775
Essex Journal and New-Hampshire Packet ...... Nov. 10, 1775 – Oct. 25, 1776
Essex Journal: or the New-Hampshire Packet and the Weekly Advertiser ...... Nov. 1, 1776 – Nov. 8, 1776
Essex Journal ...... Nov. 15, 1776 – Nov. 20, 1776
Essex Journal: or the New-Hampshire Packet, and the Weekly Advertiser ...... Nov. 28, 1776 – Dec. 5, 1776
Essex Journal ...... Dec. 11, 1776 – Feb. 6, 1777
Essex Journal ...... Jul. 9, 1784 – Apr. 2, 1794
Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser ...... Jul. 9, 1784 – Dec. 6, 1786
Essex Journal & the New-Hampshire Packet ...... Dec. 13, 1786 – Apr. 2, 1794
Newburyport Herald ...... Oct. 31, 1797 – Dec. 30, 1823
Northampton, MA
Hampshire Gazette ...... Sept. 13, 1786 – Nov. 12, 1817
Hampshire Gazette ...... Sept. 13, 1786 – Jul. 19, 1815
Hampshire Gazette and Northampton Advertiser ...... Jul. 26, 1815
Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser ...... Aug. 2, 1815 – Mar. 27, 1816
Hampshire Gazette. Publick Advertiser ...... Apr. 3, 1816 – Mar. 5, 1817
Hampshire Gazette & Public Advertiser ...... Mar. 12, 1817 – Nov. 12, 1817 -10- Pittsfield, MA
Sun ...... Sept. 16, 1800 – Dec. 27, 1820
Sun ...... Sept. 16, 1800 – May 9, 1803
Pittsfield Sun ...... May 23, 1803 – Sept. 8, 1804
Sun ...... Sept. 15, 1804 – Jun. 29, 1805
Pittsfield Sun ...... Jul. 6, 1805 – Dec. 30, 1805
Pittsfield Sun; or Republican Monitor ...... Jan. 6, 1806 – Aug.1, 1807
Pittsfield Sun ...... Aug. 8, 1807 – Dec. 27, 1820
Salem, MA
Essex Gazette* ...... Apr. 11, 1775 – May 2, 1775 *See the Harbottle Dorr Collection of Annotated Massachusetts Newspapers Reel 4, Vol. 4, — 1772 – 1776 ...... Pages 717 – 728
Essex Register ...... Jul. 28, 1807 – Dec. 30, 1820
Impartial Register ...... May 12, 1800 – Jul. 26, 1800
Salem Impartial Register ...... Jul. 31, 1800 – Dec. 31, 1801
Salem Gazette ...... Oct. 18, 1781 – Nov. 22, 1785
Massachusetts Gazette (Boston) ...... Nov. 28, 1785 – Nov. 11, 1788 [Filmed with Salem Gazette. See Massachusetts, Salem.]
Salem Gazette ...... Jan. 5, 1790 – Dec. 29, 1820 [Jan. 5, 1790 – Feb. 11, 1794 filmed with Salem Mercury. See Massachusetts, Salem.]
Salem Mercury ...... Oct. 14, 1786 – Dec. 29, 1789
Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral ...... Oct. 14, 1786 – Apr. 8, 1788
Salem Mercury ...... Apr. 15, 1788 – Dec. 29, 1789
Salem Register ...... Jan. 4, 1802 – Jul. 16, 1807
Stockbridge, MA
Berkshire Star ...... Nov. 30, 1815 – Dec. 28, 1820
-11- Worcester, MA
American Herald; and the Worcester Recorder ...... Aug. 21, 1788 – Oct. 8, 1789 [Filmed with Boston Evening Post. See Massachusetts, Boston.]
The Massachusetts Spy ...... May 3, 1775 – Dec. 27, 1820
The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty ...... May 3, 1775 – Aug. 9, 1775
Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty ...... Aug. 16, 1775 – May 31, 1776
The Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty ...... Jun. 21, 1776 – Jul. 24, 1777
Haswell’s Massachusetts Spy or American Oracle of Liberty ...... Aug. 14, 1777 – Dec. 4, 1777
Massachusetts Spy or, American Oracle of Liberty ...... Dec. 11, 1777 – May 7, 1778
Haswell’s Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty ...... May 14, 1778 – Jun. 18, 1778
Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy Or, American Oracle of Liberty ...... Jun. 25, 1778 – May 17, 1781
Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy Or, the Worcester Gazette ...... May 24, 1781 – Mar. 30, 1786
Worcester Magazine ...... Apr. 1786 – Mar. 1788
Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy: Or, the Worcester Gazette ...... Apr. 3, 1788 – Oct. 10, 1810
The Massachusetts Spy, Or Worcester Gazette ...... Oct. 17, 1810 – Feb. 20, 1811
Thomas’s Massachusetts Spy, Or Worcester Gazette ...... Feb. 27, 1811 – Dec. 27, 1820
National Aegis ...... Dec. 2, 1801 – Dec. 27, 1820
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NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord, NH
American Patriot ...... Oct. 18, 1808 – Apr. 11, 1809
New-Hampshire Patriot...... Apr. 18, 1809 – Jan. 26, 1819
New-Hampshire Patriot & State Gazette ...... Feb. 2, 1819 – Dec. 26, 1820
Portsmouth, NH
New Hampshire Gazette ...... Oct. 7, 1756 – Dec. 26, 1820
New Hampshire Gazette ...... Oct. 7, 1756 – Mar. 4, 1763
New Hampshire Gazette, and Historical Chronicle ...... Mar. 11, 1763 – Sept. 26, 1775
New Hampshire Gazette, and Historical Chronicle ...... Oct. 10, 1775
New Hampshire Gazette, and Historical Chronicle ...... Nov. 2, 1775 – Jan. 9, 1776
New Hampshire Gazette ...... Oct. 3, 1775 – Oct. 17, 1775
The Freeman’s Journal, or New Hampshire Gazette ...... May 25, 1776 – Jun. 9, 1778
New Hampshire Gazette or, State Journal, and General Advertiser ...... Jun. 16, 1778 – Sept. 3, 1781
New Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser ...... Sept. 8, 1781 – Dec. 17, 1784
Fowle’s New Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser ...... Dec. 24, 1784 – Jun. 2, 1787
New Hampshire Gazette, and General Advertiser ...... Jun. 9, 1787 – Apr. 9, 1793
New Hampshire Gazette ...... Apr. 16, 1793 – Dec. 26, 1820
New Hampshire Spy ...... Oct. 24, 1786 – Mar. 2, 1793
New Hampshire Spy ...... Oct. 24, 1786 – Mar. 2, 1789
Osborne’s New Hampshire Spy ...... Mar. 6, 1789 – Aug. 25, 1792
Osborne’s New Hampshire Spy ...... Sept. 1, 1792 – Mar. 2, 1793
-13- NEW YORK Albany, NY
Balance* ...... Jan. 4, 1809 – Dec. 24, 1811
Balance, and New-York State Journal ...... Jan. 4, 1809 – Dec. 29, 1810
Balance, & State Journal ...... Jan. 1, 1811 – Dec. 24, 1811 *See the American Periodical Series Collection, 1800-1850 (APS II) Reel 5 — Jan. 4, 1809 – Dec. 29, 1809 Reel 70 — Jan. 2, 1810 – Dec. 24, 1811 Plough Boy* ...... Jun. 5, 1819 – Jul. 15, 1823
Plough Boy ...... Jun. 5, 1819 – Jan. 15, 1820
Plough Boy. And Journal of the Board of Agriculture ...... Jan. 22, 1820 – May 25, 1822
Plough Boy ...... Jun. 1, 1822 – Jul. 15, 1823 *See the American Periodical Series Collection, 1800-1850 (APS II) Reel 190 — Jun. 5, 1819 – Dec. 9, 1821 Reel 191 — Jan. 5, 1822 – Jul. 15, 1823
New York, NY
Military Monitor and American Register* ...... Aug. 17, 1812 – Aug. 23, 1813 *See the American Periodical Series Collection, 1800-1850 (APS II) Reel 136 — Aug. 17, 1812 – Aug. 23, 1813
New York Gazette and Weekly Mercury ...... Feb. 1, 1768 – Nov. 10, 1783
Rivington’s New-York Gazetteer ...... Apr. 22, 1773 – Dec. 31, 1783
Rivington’s New-York Gazetteer or the Connecticut, New-Jersey, Hudson’s River, and Quebec Weekly Advertiser ...... Apr. 22, 1773 – Dec. 9, 1773
Rivington’s New York Gazetter or the Connecticut, Hudson’s River, New-Jersey, and Quebec Weekly Advertiser ...... Dec. 16, 1773 – Nov. 23, 1775
Rivington’s New-York Gazette or the Connecticut, Hudson’s River, New-Jersey, and Quebec Weekly Advertiser ...... Oct. 4, 1777 – Oct. 11, 1777
Rivington’s New-York Loyal Gazette ...... Oct. 18, 1777 – Dec. 6, 1777
Royal Gazette ...... Dec. 13, 1777 – Nov. 19, 1783
Rivington’s New-York Gazette and Universal Advertiser ...... Nov. 22, 1783 – Dec. 31, 1783
Weekly Inspector* ...... Aug. 30, 1806 – Aug. 22, 1807 *See the American Periodical Series Collection 1800-1850 (APS II) Reel 1408 — Aug. 30, 1806 – Aug. 22, 1807
-14- NORTH CAROLINA Newbern, NC
North Carolina Magazine* ...... Jun. 8, 1764 – Jan. 18, 1765
North Carolina Magazine or Universal Intelligencer ...... Jun. 8, 1764 – Jan. 18, 1765 *See the American Periodical Series Collection Reel 23 — Jun. 29, 1764 – Jan. 18, 1765 [First issue on film — Jun. 29 – Jul. 6, 1764]
OHIO Chillicothe, OH
Weekly Recorder* ...... July 5, 1814 – Oct. 6, 1821 *See the American Periodical Series Collection, 1800-1850 (APS II) Reel 248 — Jul. 5, 1814 – Jun. 28, 1815 Reel 249 — Jul. 11, 1815 – Jul. 31, 1818 Reel 250 — Aug. 14, 1818 – Oct. 6, 1821
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA
American Weekly Mercury ...... Dec. 22, 1719 – May 22, 1746
Gazette of the United States* ...... Apr. 15, 1789 – Feb. 18, 1804
*Published in New York, New York ...... Apr. 15, 1789 – Oct. 13, 1790
Gazette of the United States ...... Nov. 3, 1790 – Sept. 18, 1793
Gazette of the United States & Evening Advertiser ...... Dec. 11, 1793 – Jun. 11, 1794
Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser ...... Jun. 12, 1794 – Jun. 30, 1795
Gazette of the United States ...... Jul. 1, 1795 – Jun. 30, 1796
Gazette of the United States & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser ...... Jul. 1, 1796 – Jun. 27, 1800
Gazette of the United States & Daily Advertiser ...... Jun. 28, 1800 – Nov. 1, 1801
Gazette of the United States ...... Nov. 2, 1801 – Feb. 18, 1804
Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser ...... Jan. 26, 1767 – Feb. 8, 1774
Porcupine’s Gazette ...... Mar. 4, 1797 – Jan. 13, 1800
-15- RHODE ISLAND Newport, RI
Newport Mercury ...... Jun. 19, 1758 – Dec. 30, 1820
Newport Mercury or the Weekly Advertiser ...... Jun. 19, 1758 – Jan. 23, 1759
Newport Mercury ...... Mar. 20, 1759 – Oct. 30, 1775
Occasional Paper ...... Nov. 6, 1775
Freshest Advices, Foreign and Domestic ...... Nov. 13, 1775 – Nov. 27, 1775
Newport Mercury ...... Dec. 4, 1775 – Dec. 2, 1776
Newport Mercury ...... Jan. 5, 1780 – Dec. 30, 1820
Rhode Island Republican ...... Mar. 22, 1809 – Dec. 27, 1820
Providence, RI
Providence Gazette ...... Oct. 20, 1762 – Oct. 8, 1825
Providence Gazette; and Country Journal ...... Oct. 20, 1762 – May 11, 1765
Vox Populi, Vox Dei. A Providence Gazette Extraordinary ...... Aug. 24, 1765
A Providence Gazette Extraordinary ...... Mar. 12, 1766
Providence Gazette and Country Journal ...... Aug. 9, 1766 – Jan. 3, 1795
Providence Gazette ...... Jan. 10, 1795 – Jan. 5, 1811
Providence Gazette and Country Journal ...... Jan. 12, 1811 – Feb. 22, 1817
Providence Gazette and Moral, Political & Commercial Register ...... Mar. 1, 1817 – Dec. 23, 1819
Providence Gazette ...... Jan. 3, 1820 – Oct. 8, 1825
Providence Journal
Published as Providence Journal and Town and Country Advertiser...... Jan. 2, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1801
Rhode Island Farmer ...... Aug. 9, 1804 – Jan. 31, 1805
State Gazette
Published as State Gazette, and Town and Country Advertiser...... Jan. 4, 1796 – Jul. 2, 1796
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SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston, SC
Charleston Morning Post
Published as Charleston Morning Post and Daily Advertiser ...... Jan. 18, 1786 – Oct. 17, 1787
South-Carolina Weekly Gazette ...... Feb. 15, 1783 – Feb. 27, 1784
South-Carolina Gazette and Public Advertiser ...... Mar. 3, 1784 – Jan. 14, 1786
VERMONT Bennington, VT
Vermont Gazette ...... Jun. 5, 1783 – Dec. 25, 1832
Vermont Gazette or Freemen’s Depository ...... Jun. 5, 1783 – May 31, 1784
Vermont Gazette ...... Jun. 7, 1784 – Dec. 29, 1796
Tablet of the Times ...... Jan. 5, 1797 – Aug. 31, 1797 [Filmed with Epitome of the World and The World. See Vermont, Bennington.]
Vermont Gazette ...... Sept. 5, 1797 – Feb. 23, 1801
Haswell’s Vermont Gazette Revived ...... Mar. 30, 1801 – Sept. 21, 1801
Haswell’s Vermont Gazette ...... Sept. 28, 1801 – Apr. 12, 1802
Vermont Gazette ...... Apr. 19, 1802 – Jan. 6, 1806
Vermont Gazette, an Epitome of the World ...... Jan. 13, 1806 -Feb. 3, 1807
Epitome of the World ...... Feb. 10, 1807 – Oct. 12, 1807 [Filmed with Tablet of the Times. See Vermont, Bennington.]
The World ...... Oct. 19, 1807 – Apr. 11, 1809 [Filmed with Tablet of the Times. See Vermont, Bennington.]
Green-Mountain Farmer ...... Apr. 17, 1809 – Jun. 10, 1816
Vermont Gazette ...... Jun. 18, 1816 – Dec. 25, 1832
-17- VIRGINIA Leesburg, VA
Genius of Liberty ...... Jan. 11, 1817 – Dec. 26, 1820
True American ...... Dec. 30, 1800
Washingtonian ...... Feb. 6, 1810 – Jul. 16, 1811
Richmond, VA
Enquirer ...... May 9, 1804 – Dec. 30, 1820
Enquirer ...... May 9, 1804 – Sept. 16, 1815
Richmond Enquirer ...... Sept. 20, 1815 – Dec. 30, 1820
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