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Newspapers

AAS is this nation's chief repository for early American newspapers. 

AAS also has a large collection of amateur newspapers, which includes manuscript newspapers.

Selected Examples

The Boston-News Letter
(1704)
New-Hampshire Gazette
(1756)
Georgia Gazette
(1763)
First Appearance in a Newspaper
(1776)
New-Jersey Gazette
(1777)
Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser
(1785)
Potowmac Guardian, and Berkeley Advertiser
(1790)
Michigan Essay: or, The Impartial Observer
(1809)
Kumu Hawaii
(1834)
Kumu Kamalii
(1837)
The Polynesian (1840)
(1840)
Nonanona
(1843)
The Polynesian (1844)
(1844)
Elele
(1845)
Elele Hawaii
(1848)
Minnesota Pioneer
(1849)
The School Gazette
(1849)
Weekly Argus
(1852)
Kansas Weekly Herald
(1854)
Hae Hawaii
(1856)
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser
(1856)
Cherry Creek pioneer
(1859)
Hoku Loa
(1860)
Nupepa Kuokoa
(1862)
Aha Elele / Convention
(1864)
Frontier Scout
(1865)
Alaula
(1866)
Au Okoa
(1866)
Lau Oliva
(1871)
Nuhou Hawaii
(1873)
Nuhou: The Hawaiian News
(1873)
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