THIST 410 Early American Politics and Law: The American Revolution: Primary Sources: Newspapers
What is a primary source?
Primary sources include documents or artifacts created by a witness to or participant in an event. They can be firsthand testimony or evidence created during the time period that you are studying.
Primary sources may include diaries, letters, photographs, newspaper articles, government documents, poems, novels, plays, and music. The collection and analysis of primary sources is central to historical research.
Newspapers and Magazines
Available in the Tacoma microfilm collection
All titles below can be requested at the Service Desk in the Tioga Library Building (TLB). The microfilm reader/printers are in the Snoqualmie Building (SNO). Please ask library staff for assistance.
• American Mercury ( Hartford ), 1791-1820
• Connecticut Courant ( Hartford ), 1764-1820
• Daily Advertiser ( New York , NY ), 1785-1806
• Gazette of the United States ( Philadelphia ), 1789-1836
• Maryland Gazette ( Annapolis ), 1745-1839
• New England Chronicle ( Boston ), 1776-1820
• Newport (RI) Mercury, 1758-1820
• Otsego Herald ( Cooperstown , NY ), 1801-1821
Available online
- American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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Includes full-images of 18th and 19th century American magazines. - Early American Newspapers Series II This link opens in a new window
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Collection of 50+ newspapers dating from 1736-1900 with most covering the period 1820-1860
- The Times (London), 1785-2009Select Times Digital Archive.
- Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800This paper is included in a collection of later 19th century African American newspapers as well as a selected group of genealogical resources. Choose Pennsylvania Gazette from the list on the home page.
1811 News Article
![Article from the Albany [NY] Register](https://lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com/data/imagemanager/14435/1811_2.jpg)
Article from the Albany [NY] Register, p. 3
January 15, 1811