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Newspaper Collection: US Newspapers by Decade

Newspapers: 1800 - 1849

State/City Newspaper Name Holdings Location
1800-1809      
Connecticut      
Hartford The American Mercury 1784-1833 UM Microprint 40
  Connecticut Courant 1791-1820 UM Microprint 60
  Connecticut Mirror 1809-1832 UM Microfilm A1033
  The Hartford Courant 1764-1990 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
New London Connecticut Gazette 1805-1820 UM Microprint 12
  Connecticut Gaz. & The Commercial Intelligencer 1800-1805 UM Microprint 12
Norwich Norwich Packet 1791-1802 UM Microprint 43
District of Columbia National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser 1800-1810 UM Microprint 38
  Spirit of Seventy-Six 1809-1811 UM Microfilm A1024
  Times and District of Columbia Daily Advertiser 1799-1802 UM Microfilm A1037
Maine      
Portland Eastern Argus 1803-1820 UM Microfilm A1034
Massachusetts      
Boston Boston Patriot 03/1809-03/1816 UM Microfilm A1036
  Columbian Centinel 09/1804-1820 UM Microprint 7
  Columbian Centinel & Massachusetts Federalist 10/1799-09/1804 UM Microprint 6-7
  Independent Chronicle 12/1801-05/1817 UM Microprint 8-9
Greenfield Greenfield Gazette 1798-1811 UM Microfilm A1200 Reels 2-5
Northampton The Hampshire Gazette 09/13/1786-07/19/1815 UM Microfilm A668
Pittsfield The Pittsfield Sun 08/09/1807-08/29/1807 UM Microfilm A1026
  The Pittsfield Sun or Republican Monitor 1806-08/1807 UM Microfilm A1026
  Sun 09/1807-07/1813 UM Microfilm A1026
Salem The Salem Gazette 01/05/1790-12/29/1820 UM Microprint 41
Worcester National Aegis 12/02/1801-12/27/1814 UM Microfilm A1025
  Thomas's Massachusetts Spy or Worcester Gaz. 04/1788-10/1810 UM Microprint 1
New York      
Albany The Balance and New York State Journal 1809-1810 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 5, 70
Hudson Balance 1808 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 5
  The Balance and Columbian Repository [1801], 1802-1807 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 3-4
New York New York Evening Post 1801-1820 UM Microprint 26-27
  New York Herald 01/02/1802-11/15/1817 UM Microprint 53
Pennsylvania      
Philadelphia Gazette of the United States 11/1801-02/1804 UM Microprint 18
  Gazette of the United States & Daily Advertiser 06/1800-10/1801 UM Microprint 18
  Gazette of the United States & Phila. Daily Adv. 07/1796-06/1800 UM Microprint 17-18
  Pennsylvania Gazette 11/1782-10/1815 UM Microfilm A935
    1728-1800 Online: Accessible Archives
  Porcupine's Gazette 04/1797-01/1800 UM Microprint 32
West Chester Chester & Delaware Federalist [1809-1814] Online: Accessible Archives
Rhode Island      
Newport Rhode Island Republican 03/1809-1820 UM Microfilm A1020
Providence The United States Chronicle 1784-1804 UM Microprint 42
Virginia      
Richmond Spirit of Seventy-Six 12/29/1809-02/15/1811 UM Microfilm A1024
1810-1819      
Connecticut      
Hartford The American Mercury 1784-1833 UM Microprint 40
  Connecticut Mirror 1809-1832 UM Microfilm A1033
  The Hartford Courant 1764-1990 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
New London Connecticut Gazette 1805-1820 UM Microprint 12
District of Columbia Daily National Intelligencer 1813-1820 UM Microprint 39
  National Intelligencer 1810-1812 UM Microprint 38
  National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser 1800-1810 UM Microprint 38
Maine      
Portland Eastern Argus 1803-1820 UM Microfilm A1034
Maryland      
Baltimore American Farmer [1819-1823] UM Microfilm A83, R. 51-52,1062-1063
    1819-1828 Online: HathiTrust
    1819-1828 Online: Archive.org
    1819-1834 UM SCUA S1 A38
Massachusetts      
Boston Boston Patriot 03/1809-03/1816 UM Microfilm A1036
  Boston Patriot and Daily Chronicle 12/1817-06/1819 UM Microfilm A1036
  Boston Patriot and Daily Mercantile Advertiser 07/1819-1820 UM Microfilm A1036
  Boston Patriot and Morning Advertiser 03/1816-05/1817 UM Microfilm A1036
  Columbian Centinel 09/1804-1820 UM Microprint 7
  Independent Chronicle 12/1801-05/1817 UM Microprint 8-9
  Independent Chronicle & Boston Patriot 06/1817-12/1817 UM Microfilm A1036
Greenfield Franklin Herald 01/1812-08/1822 UM Microfilm A1201 Reels 1-4
  Greenfield Gazette 1798-1811 UM Microfilm A1200 Reels 2-5
  The Traveller 1811 UM Microfilm A1200 Reel 5
Northampton The Hampshire Gazette 09/13/1786-07/19/1815 UM Microfilm A668
  Hampshire Gazette and Northampton Advertiser 07/26/1815 UM Microfilm A668
  Hampshire Gazette and Publick Advertiser 08/02/1815-12/28/1819 UM Microfilm A668
Pittsfield The Pittsfield Sun 07/1813-1820 UM Microfilm A1026
  Sun 09/1807-07/1813 UM Microfilm A1026
Salem The Salem Gazette 01/05/1790-12/29/1820 UM Microprint 41
Stockbridge Berkshire Star 11/30/1815-12/28/1820 UM Microprint 49
    11/1815-1820 UM Microfilm A1049
Worcester The Massachusetts Spy or Worcester Gazette 10/1810-02/1811 UM Microprint 1
  National Aegis 12/02/1801-12/27/1814 UM Microfilm A1025
  Thomas's Massachusetts Spy or Worcester Gaz. 04/1788-10/1810 UM Microprint 1
New York      
Albany The Albany Argus 1813-1825 UM Microfilm A178
  The Balance and New York State Journal 1809-1810 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 5, 70
  The Balance and State Journal 1811 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 70
New York New York Evening Post 1801-1820 UM Microprint 26-27
  New York Herald 01/02/1802-11/15/1817 UM Microprint 53
Palmyra Palmyra Register 1817-1821 UM Microfilm A1305
Waterloo Waterloo Gazette 1817-1821 UM Microfilm A947
Pennsylvania      
Chester The Post Boy [1819] Online: Accessible Archives
Edentown Eden Star 10/31/1814 Online: Accessible Archives
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Gazette 11/1782-10/1815 UM Microfilm A935
West Chester The American Republican [1810, 1814] Online: Accessible Archives
  Chester & Delaware Federalist [1809-1814, 1816-1817] Online: Accessible Archives
  Village Record 1818-1870 Online: Accessible Archives
Rhode Island      
Newport Rhode Island Republican 03/1809-1820 UM Microfilm A1020
Providence Providence Gazette and Country Journal 01/1811-02/1817 UM Microprint 59
  Providence Gaz. & Moral, Polit. & Commercial... 03/1817-12/25/1819 UM Microprint 59
Virginia      
Richmond Spirit of Seventy-Six 12/29/1809-02/15/1811 UM Microfilm A1024
1820-1829      
Connecticut      
Hartford The American Mercury 1784-1833 UM Microprint 40
  Connecticut Courant 1791-1820 UM Microprint 60
  Connecticut Mirror 1809-1832 UM Microfilm A1033
  The Hartford Courant 1764-1990 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
New London Connecticut Gazette 1805-1820 UM Microprint 12
District of Columbia Daily National Intelligencer 1813-1820 UM Microprint 39
Indiana      
New Harmony The New-Harmony Gazette 10/01/1825-10/22/1828 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1498
Maine      
Portland Eastern Argus 1803-1820 UM Microfilm A1034
Maryland      
Baltimore American Farmer [1819-1823] UM Microfilm A83 R 51-52, 1062-1063
    1819-1828 Online: HathiTrust
    1819-1828 Online: Archive.org
    1819-1834 UM SCUA S1 A38
Massachusetts      
Boston Agricultural Intelligencer and Mechanic Register 01/1820-07/1820 UM SCUA S1 A164
  Boston Patriot and Daily Mercantile Advertiser 07/1819-1820 UM Microfilm A1036
  Columbian Centinel 09/1804-1820 UM Microprint 7
  Medical News-Paper or The Dr. & The Physician 1822-02/1824 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 217
Greenfield Franklin Herald 01/1812-08/1822 UM Microfilm A1201 Reels 1-4
  Franklin Herald and Public Advertiser 09/1822-06/1827 UM Microfilm A1206 Reels 5-6
  Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald 1827-06/1837 UM Microfilm A1202 Reels 1-3
Northampton Hampshire Gazette 01/04/1820-1917 UM Microfilm A668
  Northampton Courier 1829-1831 UM Microfilm A668a
Pittsfield The Pittsfield Sun 07/1813-1820 UM Microfilm A1026
Springfield Springfield Republican 09/08/1824-01/03/1835 UM Microfilm A36
Stockbridge Berkshire Star 11/30/1815-12/28/1820 UM Microprint 49
    11/1815-1820 UM Microfilm A1049
New York      
Albany The Albany Argus 1813-1825 UM Microfilm A178
  The Albany Argus and Daily City Gazette 10/1825-1827 UM Microfilm A179
New York Le Courrier des Etats Unis 03/1828-05/21/1829 UM SCUA AP 21 C6 Oversize
  The Free Enquirer 10/28/1828-10/22/1831 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1498
  Freedom's Journal 1827-1829 Online: Accessible Archives
    1827-1829 Online: African-American Newspapers
  New York Evening Post 1801-1820 UM Microprint 26-27
  Working Man's Advocate 10/31/1829-06/05/1830 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 581
Palmyra Palmyra Herald and Canal Advertiser 06/19/1822-03/12/1823 UM Microfilm A1306
  Palmyra Register 1817-1821 UM Microfilm A1305
  Wayne Sentinel 1823-1834 UM Microfilm A1307
  Western Farmer 1821-06/12/1822 UM Microfilm A1306
Waterloo Seneca Farmer [1823-1824] UM Microfilm A947
  Waterloo Gazette 1817-1821 UM Microfilm A947
  Waterloo Republican 1822-1823 UM Microfilm A947
Ohio      
Elyria Lorain Gazette 07/1829-11/1831 UM Microfilm A123
Painesville Painesville Telegraph [07/1822-06/1829] UM Microfilm A146
  Painesville Telegraph and Geauga Free Press [06/1829-06/1830] UM Microfilm A146
Pennsylvania      
Chester The Post Boy [1820, 1823, 1824] Online: Accessible Archives
  The Upland Union [1825-1826, 1828-1835] Online: Accessible Archives
Philadelphia Christian Index 07/04/1829-12/25/1830 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1826
  The Free Trade Advocate and J. of Polit. Economy 1-2 1829 Five College Depository
West Chester Village Record 1818-1870 Online: Accessible Archives
Rhode Island      
Newport Rhode Island Republican 03/1809-1820 UM Microfilm A1020
Virginia      
Richmond Christian Observer 1825 Online: NCCO

Newspapers: 1800 - 1849

State/City Newspaper Name Holdings Location
1830-1839      
Connecticut      
Hartford The American Mercury 1784-1833 UM Microprint 40
  Connecticut Mirror 1809-1832 UM Microfilm A1033
  The Hartford Courant 1764-1990 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
District of Columbia The Colored American 1837-1842 Online: African-American Newspapers
  The Huntress 12/02/1836-02/08/1845 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 935
Louisiana      
New Orleans The Daily Picayune 11/02/1837-04/05/1914 UM Microfilm A164
  The Picayune 01/25/1837-10/28/1837 UM Microfilm A164
Maryland      
Baltimore American Farmer 1819-1834 UM SCUA S 1 A38
Massachusetts      
Barre Barre Gazette 1835-06/1838, 05/1839-1862 UM Microfilm A1040
  Barre Weekly Gazette [06/1838-05/1839] UM Microfilm A1040
  Farmer's Gazette 06/1834-05/1835 UM Microfilm A1040
Boston Boston Pilot (1838) 1838-1857 Online: CRL
  The Liberator 1831-12/27/1834 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 391
    01/03/1835-12/28/1838 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 392
    01/04/1839-12/30/1842 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 393
    1831-1865 Online: Accessible Archives
    1833 UM E 449 L678 Oversize
Greenfield Gazette and Mercury 1837-07/1841 UM Microfilm A1202 Reel 4
  Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald 1827-06/1837 UM Microfilm A1202 Reels 1-3
Northampton Hampshire Gazette 01/04/1820-1917 UM Microfilm A668
  Northampton Courier 1829-1831, 11/16/1831-10/26/1858 UM Microfilm A668a
  Northampton Courier and Hampshire Sentinel 05/18/1831-11/09/1831 UM Microfilm A668a
Springfield Springfield Republican 09/08/1824-01/03/1835 UM Microfilm A36
    01/06/1838-12/26/1846 UM Microfilm A36
New York      
Albany Albany Evening Journal 1830-1865 UM Microfilm A171
  Daily Albany Argus 12/1827-02/1856 UM Microfilm A179
New York The Colored American 1837-1841 Online: Accessible Archives
    03/04/1837-12/25/1841 Online: CRL
  The Free Enquirer 10/29/1828-10/22/1831 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1498
    10/29/1831-06/28/1835 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1499
  The Man 02/18/1834-05/16/1834 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 565
    05/17/1834-12/22/1834 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 566
  New York Evening Post 10/01/1832-10/16/1832 Online: CRL
  New York Observer 1833-1919 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 1856-1874
  New York Sentinel and Working Man's Advocate 06/09/1830-08/14/1830 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 581
  The New York Spirit of the Times 1835-02/1837 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 620
  Spirit of the Times 02/1837-06/1861 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 620-640
  Spirit of the Times & Life in New York 12/1831-11/1832 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 620
  The Traveller, Family J., Spirit of the Times & Life... 1833 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 620
  The Weekly Advocate [1837] Online: Accessible Archives
    01/07/1837-02/25/1837 Online: CRL
  Working Man's Advocate  10/31/1829-06/05/1830 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 581
Palmyra Wayne Sentinel 1823-1834 UM Microfilm A1307
Ohio      
Elyria Lorain Gazette 07/1829-11/1831 UM Microfilm A123
Kirtland Elder's J. of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter... 10/1837-08/1838 UM Microfilm 1509 Reel 13
  Evening and Morning Star 06/1832-09/1834 UM Microfilm A166
    06/1832-09/1834 UM Microfilm 1509 Reel 13
  Latter Day Saints Messenger and Advocate 10/1834-09/1837 UM Microfilm 1509 Reel 19
Pennsylvania      
Chester Delaware County Democrat [1835] Online: Accessible Archives
  Delaware County Republican 1833-1870 Online: Accessible Archives
  The Upland Union [1828-1835] Online: Accessible Archives
  The Weekly Visitor [10/1830] Online: Accessible Archives
Philadelphia Christian Index 07/04/1829-12/25/1830 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1826
    1831-06/29/1833 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1826
    01/05/1837-12/28/1837 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1826
  The Pennsylvania Freeman 1838-1841 Online: CRL
West Chester The American Republican [1834] Online: Accessible Archives
  Village Record 1818-1870 Online: Accessible Archives
1840-1849      
Connecticut      
Hartford The Hartford Courant 1764-1990 Online: ProQuest Hist. Newspapers
District of Columbia The Colored American 1837-1842 Online: African-American Newspapers
  The Huntress 12/02/1836-02/08/1845 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 935
    02/15/1845-02/07/1852 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 936
  The National Era 01/07/1847-03/12/1860 Online: Accessible Archives
    1847-03/1860 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 899-903
Iowa      
Kanesville Frontier Guardian 02/07/1849-02/20/1852 UM Microfilm 1509 Reel 13
Louisiana      
New Orleans The Daily Picayune 11/02/1837-04/05/1914 UM Microfilm A164
Massachusetts      
Amherst Hampshire and Franklin Express 09/13/1844-01/20/1865 UM Microfilm A338
Barre Barre Gazette 05/1839-1862 UM Microfilm A1040
  Barre Patriot [1844-1855] UM Microfilm A1038
  The Wachusett Star 11/1847-06/1848 UM Microfilm A1039
Boston Boston Courier 07/1843-01/1847 UM Microfilm A845
  Boston Pilot (1838) 1838-1857 Online: CRL
  Daily Evening Transcript 1848-1853 UM Microfilm A165
  The Liberator 01/04/1839-12/30/1842 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 393
    01/06/1843-12/25/1846 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 394
    1847-12/27/1850 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 395
    1831-1865 Online: Accessible Archives
    1847, 1849 UM E 449 L678 Oversize
Fall River Fall River Weekly News 04/1846-03/1851 UM Microfilm A255
Greenfield The Free Soil 1848 UM Microfilm A1173
    1848 UM SCUA E 420 F8 1848 Oversize
  Gazette and Courier 1841-07/1899 UM Microfilm A1202 Reels 5-23
  Gazette and Mercury 1837-07/1841 UM Microfilm A1202 Reel 4
Northampton Hampshire Gazette 01/04/1820-1917 UM Microfilm A668
  Hampshire Herald 02/1845-08/1848 UM Microfilm A954
    02/1845-01/1848 UM SCUA AP 2 H18 Oversize
  Northampton Courier 11/16/1831-10/26/1858 UM Microfilm A668a
Springfield Springfield Republican 01/06/1838-12/26/1846 UM Microfilm A36
New Jersey      
Granville The Radical, in Continuation of the Working Man's 1841-04/1843 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 582
New York      
Albany Albany Evening Journal 1830-1865 UM Microfilm A171
  Daily Albany Argus 12/1827-02/1856 UM Microfilm A179
New York Christian Inaquirer 10/17/1846-12/28/1850 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 1885
  The Colored American 1837-1841 Online: Accessible Archives
    03/04/1837-12/25/1841 Online: CRL
  National Anti-Slavery Standard 1840-1870 Online: Accessible Archives
    1840-1870 UM Microfilm A182
  New York Daily Tribune 04/1842-04/1866 UM Microfilm A172
  New York Observer 1833-1919 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 1856-1874
  New York Tribune 04/1841-04/1842 UM Microfilm A172
  The People's Rights and Organ of the Natl.Reform 07/24/1844-07/27/1844 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 583
  Spirit of the Times 02/1837-06/1861 UM Microfilm A83 Reels 620-640
  The Subterranean & The Working Man's Advocate 10/12/1844-12/21/1844 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 583
  Young America 03/29/1845-09/23/1848 UM Microfilm A83 Reel 583
Rochester The North Star 1847-1851 UM Microfilm A357
    1847-1851 Online: Accessible Archives
Seneca Falls The Lily 1849-1856 Online: Accessible Archives
Ohio      
Cleveland Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer 1845-1886 UM Microfilm A173
Painesville Painesville Telegraph [12/1839-11/1842] UM Microfilm A146
    [10/22/1845-03/25/1846] UM Microfilm A146
  The Telegraph [1842-10/1845] UM Microfilm A146
Pennsylvania      
Chester Chester County Republican [1842] Online: Accessible Archives
  Delaware County Republican 1833-1870 Online: Accessible Archives
Philadelphia The Pennsylvania Freeman 1838-1841, 1844-1851 Online: CRL
Pittsburgh Messenger and Advocate of the Church 1844-1846 UM Microfilm 1509 Reel 19
West Chester The American Republican [1846] Online: Accessible Archives
  Village Record 1818-1870 Online: Accessible Archives