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Microtext Newspaper Collections: Early American News

Connecticut

The New Haven Gazette (May 13, 1784 - Feb. 9, 1786) Location: MPT 15

The New Haven Gazette and the Connecticut Magazine (Feb. 15, 1786 - June 18, 1789) Location: MPT 15 or MFM 159

Georgia

The Georgia Gazette (Apr. 7, 1763 - May 23, 1770) Location: MPT 2

Massachusetts

Columbian Centinel (July 16, 1790 - Dec. 30, 1820) Location: MPT 35

The Boston Chronicle (Oct. 22, 1767 - June 25, 1770) Location: MPT 19

The Boston Evening Post (Aug. 18, 1735 - Apr. 24, 1775) (Oct. 20, 1781 - Jan. 10, 1784) Location: MPT 17

The Boston Gazette (Dec. 21, 1719 - Dec. 28, 1820) Location: MPT 31

The Boston News-Letter (Apr. 17, 1704 - Feb. 29, 1776) Location: MPT 10

The Censor (Nov. 23, 1771 - May 2, 1772) Location: MPT 19

The Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser (May 30, 1776 - June 21, 1787) Location: MPT 7

The Independent Chronicle (Aug. 2, 1776 - Nov. 25, 1820) Location: MPT 26

The Independent Ledger (June 15, 1778 - Oct. 16, 1786) Location: MPT 20

The Massachusetts Centinel (Mar. 11, 1784 - July 28, 1790) Location: MPT 35

The Massachusetts Spy (July 17, 1770 - Apr. 6, 1775) Location: MPT 19

The New England Courant (Aug. 7, 1721 - June 25, 1726) Location: MPT 16

The New-England Chronicle (Apr. 25, 1776 - July 25, 1776) Location: MPT 26

The New-England Weekly Journal (Mar. 20, 1727 - Oct. 13, 1741) Location: MPT 4

The Weekly Rehearsal (Sept. 27, 1731 - Aug. 11, 1735) Location: MPT 16

The American Herald (Mar. 22, 1784 - June 30, 1788) (Oct. 9, 1788 - Oct. 8, 1789) Location: MPT 17

New England Chronicle, or, the Essex Gazette (June 22, 1775 - Apr. 4, 1776) Location: MPT 6

Essex Gazette (Aug. 2, 1768 - June 15, 1775) Location: MPT 6

Massachusetts Gazette (Feb. 13, 1786 - Nov. 11, 1788) Location: MPT 21

Salem Gazette (Oct. 18, 1781 - Feb. 6, 1786) Location: MPT 21

New Jersey

The New Jersey Gazette (Dec. 5, 1777 - July 16, 1783) (Dec. 9, 1783 - Nov. 17, 1786) Location: MPT 5

New York

New York Journal or The General Advertiser (Oct. 16, 1766 - Aug. 29, 1776) Location: MFM 210

Rivington's New York Gazetteer (Apr. 22, 1773 - Dec. 17, 1783) Following issues are incomplete: Sept. 28, 1775; Mar. 4 & 8, 1780; June 19, 1782; Dec. 17, 1783 Location: MFM 610

The American Minerva (Dec. 9, 1793 - Sept. 30, 1797) Location: MPT 33

The New York Gazette Incomplete years: 1726 - 1741, 1744 Location: MFM 71

The New York Mercury (Aug. 31, 1752 - Jan. 25, 1768) Location: MPT 9

Gazette of the United States (Apr. 15, 1789 - Feb. 18, 1804) Publication changed to Philadelphia, PA on Nov. 3, 1790 Location: MPT 29

Pennsylvania

Aurora General Advertiser (Aug. 15, 1791 - Dec. 31, 1812) Location: MFM 281

Gazette of the United States (July 1, 1795 - June 30, 1796) (Nov. 3, 1801 - Feb. 18, 1804) Note: This is different from the newspaper with the same name on MPT 29. Location: MFM 283

Gazette of the United States and Daily Evening Advertiser (June 12, 1794 - June 30, 1795) Location: MFM 283

Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (July 1, 1796 - Aug. 12, 1796) (Jan. 1, 1800 - June 27, 1800) Location: MFM 283

General Advertiser (Aug. 15, 1791 - Dec. 31, 1812) Location: MFM 281

National Gazette (Oct. 31, 1791 - Oct. 26, 1793) Location: MPT 32

Pennsylvania Gazette (Dec. 24, 1728 - Oct. 11, 1815) Location: MFM 205

Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser (Dec. 2, 1742 - Aug. 28, 1793) Location: MFM 211

Pennsylvania Ledger (Jan. 28, 1775 - May 23, 1778) Location: MPT 8

Porcupine's Gazette (Mar. 4, 1797 - Jan. 13, 1800) Location: MPT 28

The Freeman's Journal (Apr. 25, 1781 - May 2, 1792) Location: MPT 18

The General Advertiser, and Political, Commercial, Agricultural, and Literary Journal (Oct. 2, 1790 - Aug. 15, 1791) Location: MFM 281

The Independent Gazetteer (Jan. 11, 1794 - Sept. 12, 1797) Location: MFM 505

The Independent Gazetteer or, The Chronicle of Freedom (Nov. 22, 1786 - Jan. 9, 1798) Location: MFM 505

The Independent Gazetteer, and Agricultural Depository (Jan. 16, 1790 - Jan. 4, 1794) Location: MFM 505

The Level of Europe and North America (Oct. 1, 1794 - Jan. 27, 1796) Location: MPT 32

The Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser (Jan. 27, 1767 - Feb. 8, 1774) Location: MPT 1

The Pennsylvania Evening Post (Jan. 24, 1775 - Oct. 26, 1784) Location: MPT 11

The Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser (Aug. 20, 1784 - Jan. 20, 1786) Location: MFM 505

The Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser (1786 - 1792, reel 1) (1789 - 1792, reel 2) Location: MFM 504

The Pennsylvania Packet; and Daily Advertiser (Sep. 21, 1784 - Dec. 30, 1790) Location: MFM 209

The Pennsylvania Packet; and General Advertiser (Oct. 27, 1771 - Sep. 18, 1784) Location: MFM 209

The Philadelphia Minerva (Feb. 7, 1795 - July 7, 1798) Location: MPT 32

Rhode Island

Gazette Francoise (Nov. 17, 1780 - Dec. 30, 1780) Location: MPT 12

Newport Herald (Mar. 1, 1787 - Sep. 17, 1791) Location: MPT 12

The Rhode Island Gazette (Oct. 4, 1732 - Mar. 1, 1733) Location: MPT 12