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18TH & 19TH CENTURY NEWSPAPERS IN NIMITZ LIBRARY

Newspaper and periodical articles from the time period of an event are often considered primary sources because they were written close to the actual event. Nimitz Library has many early periodicals and newspapers, including those listed here.

18th and 19th Century Newspapers in Nimitz Library
NAME DATES IN NIMITZ LIBRARY FORMAT/LOCATION COMMENTS
Boston Evening Post

1735-1775

Microfilm

 

Boston Gazette

1719-1798

Microfilm

 

Boston Post-Boy

1735-1775

Microfilm

 
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902 Online  

Charleston Mercury

Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865

Online

 

Daily Southern Guardian

1858-1870

Microfilm

 

Evening Capital (Annapolis); now called The Capital

1884-present

Microfilm; Online since 1942 and some earlier years, including 1887

 

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

1861-1886 (incomplete)

Special Coll.

 

Kennesaw Gazette (GA)

1886-1890

Microfilm

 

Lancaster Ledger (SC)

1852-1866

Microfilm

 

Maryland Gazette

1728-1839

Online and Microfilm from 1728-1729 and 1745-1839

Index for 1727-1761 in REF F184.G75

Mountaineer (Greenville, SC)

1829-1904

Microfilm

 

National Intelligencer

1800-1869

Microfilm

 

New York Gazette

1759-1783

Microfilm

 

New York Herald

Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865

Online

 

New York Journal

1766-1776

Microfilm

 

New York Mercury

1752-1768

Microfilm

 

New York Times

1851-present

Online and Microfilm

Index is in REF AI21.N45

New York Weekly

1733-1751

Microfilm

 

Pennsylvania Chronicle and Universal Advertiser

1767-1774

Microfilm

 

Pennsylvania Gazette

1728-1815

Microfilm

 

Pennsylvania Journal

1742-1793

Microfilm

 

Pennsylvanian

1846-1853

Microfilm

 

Richmond Enquirer

Nov. 1860-Apr. 1865

Online

 

Times (London)

1785-present

Online 1785-1985 via Times Digital Archive and since 1985 via Lexis/Nexis

Index is in REF AI21.T55

Virginia Gazette

1736-1780

Microfilm

Index is in REF AI21.V5

Washington Post

1877-present

Microfilm; online since 1977 via Lexis/Nexis

Index from 1972-1998 in REF AI21.W37

Colonial Newspaper Collection

There is a microfilm newspaper collection called Birth of America: The Year in Review, 1763-1783This is a chronological guide and index to the colonial press and contains 2 newspapers per colony.  The printed index guide and the 16 reels of microfilm are under call number E187.B5

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