Colonial Newspapers
Contents
The newspapers included in the collection along with corresponding date ranges and city of publication are:
The Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser (Philadelphia)1767-1774
The Massachusetts Spy (Boston) 1770-1775
The Boston Chronicle (Boston) 1767-1770
The Censor (Boston) 1771-1772
Independent Ledger (Boston) 1778-1786
Boston Evening Post (Boston) 1735-1775
The Boston News-Letter (Boston) 1704-1776
Continental Journal (Boston) 1776-1787
The Freeman’s Journal (Philadelphia) 1781-1792
The Pennsylvania Evening Post (Philadelphia) 1775-1784
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia) 1789-1804
The Providence Gazette (Providence, RI) 1762-1825
The Essex Gazette (Essex, MA) 1768-1775
The New-England Chronicle (Boston) 1775-1776
The New-Jersey Gazette (Burlington & Trenton, NJ) 1778-1786
The Georgia Gazette (Savannah)1763-1770
The Boston Post-Boy (Boston) 1734-1775
The Massachusetts Centinel (Boston) 1784-1790
Columbian Centinel (Boston) 1790-1820
Independent Chronicle (Boston) 1776-1820
The New-York Gazette and Weekly Mercury (New York) 1768-1783
Boston Gazette (Boston)1719-1798
The library catalog contains more detailed historical descriptions of some of the titles in the collection.
Using & Searching the Colonial Newspapers
Unfortunately there is no way to search the contents of the newspapers contained in this colonial newspaper collection. The best way to go about looking at any of the papers would be to come in with a date range in mind that you wish to explore. In general, each individual title is contained in one box. In some cases titles share a box and a couple titles comprise two boxes. Within each box the titles are arranged chronologically.
Created on10/22/08 by Heidi Steiner/mj
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