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9 April 1759
Gill, John, 1732-1785;
The Boston gazette and country journal. [No. 210 (April 9 1759)]
Articles about a comet, news from London, shipping news, and public sales.
GLC01450.452.01
21 June 1759
Draper, John (1702-1762)
The Boston news-letter. [No. 3015 (June 21, 1759)]
Prints an act passed on the Governor of Massachusetts Bay concerning bankrupts and their creditors. Articles detail news from London, Philadelphia, New York, and the West Indies. Also includes information on arrivals and departures of privateer...
GLC01450.452.02
6 September 1759
The Boston news-letter. [No. 2036 (September 6, 1759)]
Prints a proclamation from the Governor of Massachusetts Bay. Articles detail news from London, New York, Philadelphia, and the St. Lawrence River, Quebec area. Also includes information on arrivals and departures of privateer ships, military...
GLC01450.452.03
21 November 1777
Powars & Willis (1776-1801)
Independent chronicle and the universal advertiser. [Vol. X, no. 483 (November 21, 1777)]
Prints the transcript of part of a court case involving a Mr. Horne and Lord Mansfield. Includes a long poem, news from Philadelphia, Fishkill, New Haven, and Boston. Also includes public notices and information on the lottery.
GLC01450.452.04
23 September 1789
Fenno, John (1751-1798)
Gazette of the United States. [No. XLVII (September 23, 1789)]
Reports on the Senate proceedings and prints twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution, an early form of the Bill of Rights. Reports on a debate in the House of Representatives on judicial salaries. Contains news from Europe, including the...
GLC01063
28 August 1789
J. Dunlap and D.C. Claypoole (1784-1790)
The Pennsylvania packet, and daily advertiser. [No. 3300 (August 28, 1789)]
Prints seventeen proposed amendments to the Constitution. Reports on activities in the House of Representatives and news from around the country and Europe. Contains many advertisements.
GLC01129
June 1775
Urban, Sylvanus (1745-1826)
The Gentleman's Magazine
Printed for D. Henry at St. John's Gate, London. Includes a fold-out regional map of Boston area and dramatic "Account of the proceedings of the American Colonists Since the passing the Boston Port-Bill," including Lexington and Concord. Also has...
GLC02360
1 December 1775
Thomas, Isaiah (1749-1831)
Massachusetts spy. [Vol. V, no. 249 (1 December 1775)]
Discusses military and political events. States that the Americans are not as badly overmatched as some may think. Includes a speech by Edmund Burke.
GLC02370
30 September 1789
Gazette of the United States. [No. XLIX (September 30, 1789)]
Reports on the French Revolution and activities in the House of Representatives, including reference to the "fixing of the seat of government" and an editorial note that "this closes our account of the proceedings of the full session of Congress...
GLC03174.02
29 December 1795
Colerick, Hunter & Beaumont (fl. 1795-1797)
The western telegraphe, and Washington advertiser. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (December 29, 1795)]
Contains President George Washington's seventh State of the Union Address. Among other topics, Washington discusses treaties confirmed by the Creek and Cherokee tribes, a treaty of navigation with Great Britain, and a review of the United States...
GLC03433
1729 - 1734
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Pennsylvania gazette. [Nos. 42-315] [Incomplete]
Samuel Kaimer began publishing the Gazette on Dec. 24, 1728 and sold the paper to Franklin and Meredith in 1729 with issue no. 40. The partnership dissolved as early as 7/14/1730 although Meredith's name was kept on the colophon through 5/4/1732...
GLC03438
24 December 1781
Johnson, J. (fl. 1782)
The Salisbury and Winchester Journal [Monday, December 24, 1781]
Includes news related to the Battle of Yorktown. Publishes a letter from Lord Cornwallis to Henry Clinton dated 20 October 1781, in which Cornwallis announced his defeat. Prints several items of correspondence between Cornwallis and George Washington...
GLC03517
1782/08/24
Barber, Henry (fl. 1782)
Newport Mercury
Some of the articles discuss the conflict between Great Britain and America.
GLC03107.05302
7 July 1863
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
New York tribune. [Vol. 23, no. 6944 (July 7, 1863)]
"The Great Victory" at Gettysburg including a battlefield map with full accounts and lists of the dead and wounded. Reports from Meade, Kilpatrick, Couch, cavalry attacks, Lee's retreat, the Army of the Cumberland. Discussion of Vicksburg and an...
GLC03118
12 May 1766
Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803;
Boston gazette: Supplement. [May 12, 1766]
Prints a scriptural parody critical of the Stamp Act (p. 1), a letter "from a North-American, now on the Island of Barbados" passionately denouncing the Stamp Act (p. 2), an extract from a letter from London claiming Benjamin Franklin had assured...
GLC03120
20 November 1863
New-York Tribune (New York, N.Y.), 1841-1842;
New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 21, no. 1,929 (November 20, 1863)]
Provides a complete printing of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (page eight), preceded by a full printing of Edward Everett's address, also delivered 19 November 1863 in dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, located in Pennsylvania....
GLC03121
9 June 1790
Gazette of the United States. [Vol. II, no. 17 (June 9, 1790)]
Reports on Rhode Island's ratification of the Constitution, a debate on tonnage in the House of Representatives, and news from Europe. Also prints an extract from a speech to Congress by Massachusetts Governor John Hancock on the national debt, acts...
GLC03123
1 -3 May 1770
Wilkie, J. (fl. 1757-1823)
The London chronicle. [Vol. 27, no. 2088 (May 1-May 3, 1770)]
Reports acts to regulate trials and elections, as well as parliamentary speeches and business. Advertisements include book publications, real estate, and epitaphs. A postscript fills the back page of this London newspaper detailing the Boston...
GLC03126
19 May 1860
New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 5950 (May 19, 1860)]
Discusses the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President by the Republican National Convention, which convened May 1860 in Chicago, Illinois. Reports on the reaction of citizens in New York City to the announcement of Lincoln's nomination, including...
GLC03127
7 May 1776
Pennsylvania Evening Post
Relaying news from a Dublin paper of a British fleet set to sail in April: "there will be five debarkations...one at Quebec, one at New-York, one in New-England, and two to the southward." Letter from Cork, describing Col. Ethan Allen and his fellow...
GLC09080
13 September 1921
The New York Herald
The New York Herald, Tuesday, September 13, 1921.
This document is a newspaper that was found stuffed in the frame of 05860.01 when that document was being removed from the mount and frame. It is a newspaper from a 1921 release of The New York Herald. Topics covered include international economic...
GLC05860.02
7 February 1862
The New York Tribune
New York Daily Tribune [ Vol. 21, no. 6,504 (February 7, 1862)]
One issue of New York Daily Tribune newspaper dated February 7, 1862. Contains news on Civil War battles and current events. Of particular note is an article on the fourth page stating, "The President in respiting the slaver Gordon for two weeks...
GLC09771
5 February 1944
Dworetsky, Bernard (fl. 1944-)
Bernie's Bugle
This is a newsletter written for Moe and three other soldiers from Brooklyn. It includes local news about friends and family. This issue includes a photograph of Peter Dworetsky, the author's infant son, and writes about the Soviet Union.
GLC09414.1574
30 April 1944
This is a newsletter written for Moe and three other soldiers from Brooklyn. It includes local news about friends and family. In this issue the Dworetsky talks about his new job with the Overseas Film Division. He also responds to letters from his...
GLC09414.1583
21 April 1866
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly [Vol. 10 No. 486 (April 21, 1866)]
One issue of Harper's Weekly Newspaper dated April 21, 1866. Newspaper features many advertisements and articles of current events. Of particular note on the cover is an image and article concerning the Abraham Lincoln School for Freedmen in New...
GLC09791.14
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