February Addition: NewsInHistory Adds More Newspapers!
NewsInHistory is continually adding more content to our historical newspapers archive—titles new to our collection as well as expanding the date ranges and number of issues for titles already in our archive. This current addition involves 56 newspapers from 21 states and the District of Columbia. A total of 3,983 issues have been added in this release! Here are the details:
Alabama
Mobile Register (Mobile). 384 issues: 1862 to 1870
Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock). 14 issues: 1823 to 1900
Connecticut
American Mercury (Hartford). 1 issue: 1831
Columbian Register (New Haven). 17 issues: 1836 to 1875
Connecticut Courant (Hartford). 3 issues: 1843
Litchfield Republican (Litchfield). 1 issue: 1851
Norwich Aurora (Norwich). 123 issues: 1858 to 1872
Times (Hartford). 120 issues: 1834 to 1840
District of Columbia
United States Telegraph (Washington). 23 issues: 1827 to 1829
Georgia
Daily Constitutionalist (Augusta). 29 issues: 1862
Illinois
Illinois State Register (Springfield). 2 issues: 1844
Kentucky
Frankfort Argus (Frankfort). 263 issues: 1822 to 1834
Palladium (Frankfort). 1 issue: 1807
Louisiana
Courrier de la Louisiane (New Orleans). 5 issues: 1821 to 1822
Times-Picayune (New Orleans). 1 issue: 1852
Times-Picayune (New Orleans). 1 issue: 1907
Maine
Portland Advertiser (Portland). 91 issues: 1829 to 1833
Maryland
Baltimore American (Baltimore). 1 issue: 1904
Political Intelligencer (Fredericktown). 2 issues: 1819
Massachusetts
Boston Courier (Boston). 2 issues: 1845 & 1855
Hampshire Gazette (Northampton). 1 issue: 1840
Massachusetts Spy (Worcester). 276 issues: 1866 to 1875
Salem Register (Salem). 9 issues: 1850 to 1871
Weekly Messenger (Boston). 1 issue: 1829
New Hampshire
Dartmouth Gazette (Hanover). 28 issues: 1801 to 1804
Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics (Portsmouth). 18 issues: 1869 to 1872
New Jersey
Genius of Liberty (Morristown). 12 issues: 1800 to 1808
New York
Albany Argus (Albany). 508 issues: 1830 to 1872
Cabinet (Schenectady). 3 issues: 1813 to 1814
Commercial Advertiser (New York). 1 issue: 1836
Geneva Gazette (Geneva). 2 issues: 1812 & 1815
New York Herald (New York). 2 issues: 1875 & 1876
Ontario Messenger (Canandaigua). 1 issue: 1812
Plattsburgh Republican (Plattsburgh). 2 issues: 1845 & 1850
Saratoga Sentinel (Saratoga Springs). 3 issues: 1828 to 1834
Spectator (New York). 1 issue: 1819
Waterford Gazette (Waterford). 1 issue: 1802
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer (Charlotte). 1 issue: 1901
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Republican (Harrisburg). 3 issues: 1817
National Gazette (Philadelphia). 2 issues: 1832 & 1841
Patriot (Harrisburg). 979 issues: 1890 to 1916
Public Ledger (Philadelphia). 1 issue: 1867
Washington Reporter (Washington). 136 issues: 1853 to 1872
Rhode Island
Providence Evening Press (Providence). 592 issues: 1862 to 1871
South Carolina
Charleston Courier (Charleston). 7 issues: 1822 to 1870
Southern Chronicle (Camden). 7 issues: 1824
Texas
Dallas Morning News (Dallas). 124 issues: 1984
Vermont
Brattleboro Messenger (Brattleboro). 13 issues: 1825 to 1833
North Star (Danville). 6 issues: 1831 to 1862
Vermont Centinel (Burlington). 1 issue: 1825
Vermont Journal (Windsor). 85 issues: 1821 to 1823
Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro). 15 issues: 1834 to 1866
Vermont Republican (Windsor). 1 issue: 1822
Virginia
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria). 2 issues: 1870 & 1873
Richmond Examiner (Richmond). 41 issues: 1862 to 1863
Richmond Whig (Richmond). 12 issues: 1835 to 1870
Virginia Patriot (Richmond). 2 issues: 1814
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