Eighteenth-Century American Newspapers in the Library of Congress

364. The Albany centinel. s.w., July 4, 1797-Dec. 30, 1800+

Note: Ceased publication with the issue of Nov. 10, 1806. Continued by the Republican crises, starting with the issue of Nov. 11, 1806.

365. Albany chronicle. w., Sept. 12, 1796-Aug. 21, 1797.

Note: Suspended publication Nov. 2, 1796, due to fire; resumed publication Jan. 2, 1797. Con- tinued by Albany chronicle, or, Journal of the times, with the issue of Aug. 28, 1797.

366. Albany chronicle, or, Journal of the times. w., Aug. 28, 1797-Apr. 9, 1798.

Note: Continuation of the Albany chronicle. The last issue located is that of Apr. 9, 1798.

Note: Ceased publication less than a year after it was established. The last issue located is that of Aug. 3, 1772.

Note: Merged with The Albany daily advertiser, to form The Albany gazette, & daily advertiser, starting with the issue of Mar. 25, 1817.

Note: Last issue located: May 11, 1789.

Note: Ceased publication with the issue of May 12, 1820. Continued by the New-York statesman (Albany).

Note: The last issue located is that of May 1, 1784. Ceased publication soon after this date.

Note: Ceased publication in 1800.

Note: Established Dec. 21, 1796, judging from the date of the earliest issue located, that of Jan. 5, 1797, vol. 1, no. 3. The last issue located is that of Apr. 12, 1798.

Note: Judging from the issue of July 11, 1799, vol. 1, no. 2, the first issue was that of July 4, 1799; however, according to Gabriel Furnam in his Notes, geographical and historical relating to the town of Brooklyn of Long Island, page 94, the date of establishment was June 26, 1799. Continued by The Courier, and New-Yor and Long Island advertiser, starting with the issue of Aug. 1, 1799.

Note: Continuation of The courier, and Long Island advertiser. Continued by The Long Island courier, starting with the issue of July 3, 1800.

Note: Continuation of The Courier, and New-York and Long Island advertiser. Ceased publication on Jan. 13, 1803.

Note: Continued by the Catskill packet & western mail, starting with the issue of Aug. 9, 1794.

Note: Continued by the Otsego herald, starting with the issue of Sept. 19, 1805.

Note: Removed from New York City and established at Fishkill on Jan. 16, 1777. The title was occasionally shortened to The New-York packet. The last issue published at Fishkill was that of Aug. 28, 1783; removed to New York City, where it was continued on Nov. 13, 1783.

Note: Continued by the Hudson gazette, starting with the issue of Jan. 3, 1792.

Note: Continued by the Rising sun, starting with the issue of Sept. 28, 1793.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, or, The General advertiser, published in New York, N.Y. Resumed publication at Kingston, July 7, 1777. Suspended publication with the issue of Oct. 13, 1777; removed to Poughkeepsie and revived there on May 11, 1778.

Note: Continuation of The Farmer's register. Ceased publication with the issue of Apr. 28, 1798. Continued by the Ulster County gazette, starting with the issue of May 5, 1798.

Note: Established May 5, 1798, judging from the date of the earliest issue located, May 12, 1798, vol. 1, no. 2; published with the title of Ulster County Gazette. The next two issues located, June 30, 1798, no. 9, and Sept. 15, 1798, no. 20, were known as the Ulster and Delaware Gazette. The issue of May 4, 1799, vol. 2, no. 53, was again entitled the Ulster County Gazette. The issue of Jan. 4, 1800, is famous for the large number of reprints that were made of it. Sixty-four sep- arate reprints are on record, of which the Library of Congress has 33. These began to appear in the first half of the nineteenth century, perhaps as early as 1825. At the Centennial Expositon in Philadelphia in 1876, thousdands of copies were sold as souvenirs. In 1877, a centennial exposition at Kingston, N.Y., offered a similar opportunity, and since that time there have been many others. For many decades there was no known original in existence, but in November 1930, the Library of Congress secured one, together with the issues of Dec. 28, 1799, and Jan. 11, 1800. Continued by the Ulster gazette, sometime between April 30- August, 1803.

Note: In June 1797, Wands discountinued the American spy and sold the establisment to Robert Moffitt & co., who established The Northern budget. Charles R. Webster, shortly thereafter, reestablished the American spy, and continued it into the year 1798. The issue for Feb. 27, 1798, is the last located with this title, which was continued by the Lansingburgh gazettte, in September, 1798.

Note: Continued by Lansingburgh recorder, starting with the issue of Dec. 9, 1794.

Note: This was virtually a continuation of Greenleaf's new daily advertiser, although it bore a new title and a new volume numbering. Continued by the American citizen, starting with the issue of Sept. 30, 1802.

Note: Continuation of American Minerva, and the New- York (evening) advertiser. Continued by The Minerva, & mercantile evening advertiser, starting with the issue of May 2, 1796.

Note: Continuation of the American Minerva, patroness of peace, commerce, and the liberal arts and the New-York (evening) advertiser. Continued by the American Minerva; an evening advertiser, starting with the issue of May 6, 1795.

Note: Continued by the American Minerva, patroness of peace, commerce, and the liberal arts and the New-York (evening) advertiser, starting with Mar. 19, 1794, and continuing one issue.

Note: Continuation of The American Minerva, patroness of peace, commerce, and the liberal arts. Con- tinued by the American Minerva, and the New- York (evening) advertiser, starting with the issue of Mar. 20, 1794.

Note: Continued by The New-York price-current, starting with the issue of Aug. 14, 1786.

Note: Continued by The Argus, or, Greenleaf's new daily advertiser, starting with the issue of May 16, 1795.

Note: Continuation of The Argus, & Greenleaf's new daily advertiser. Continued by Greenleaf's new daily advertiser, starting with the issue of Aug. 3, 1796.

Note: Ceased publication with the issue of June 22, 1799.

Note: Continued by The New-York evening post, starting with the issue ofd Nov. 17, 1794.

Note: Continuation of The Minerva, & mercantile evening advertiser. Continued by the New-York commercial advertiser, starting with the issue of Jan. 12, 1804.

Note: Last issue located is that of Aug. 28, 1776. Probably ceased publication soon after, when the British entered New York.

Note: Continuation of The Daily advertiser, political, historical and commercial. Continued by The People's friend and dailly advertiser, starting with the issue of Sept. 1, 1806.

Note: Continuation of The New-York daily advertiser. Continued by The Daily advertiser, political, historical, and commercial, starting with the issue of Oct. 22, 1785.

Note: Continuation of The Daily advertiser, political, commercial, and historical. Continued by The Daily advertiser, start- ing with the issue of Oct. 17, 1787.

Note: Continuation of The Diary, & universal advertiser. Continued by the Diary and mercantile advertiser, starting with the issue of Mar. 20, 1797.

Note: Continuation of The Diary. The last issue located with this title was that of Sept. 13, 1798, no. 1964, and at some time between this date and Nov. 10, 1798, no 1968, the title was changed to Mercantile advertiser.

Note: Continuation of The Diary, & universal daily advertiser. Continued by The Diary, starting with the issue of Feb. 1, 1796.

Note: Continuation of The Diary, or, Evening register. Continued by The Diary, & universal advertiser, starting sometime in May 1795.

Note: Continuation of The Diary, or, Loudon's register. Continued by The Diary, & universal daily advertiser, starting sometime in Feb.. 1795.

Note: Continuation of The New-York packet. Continued by The Diary, or, Evening register, starting with the issue of Jan. 1, 1794.

Note: Published from the Prison, New York, in the interest of prison reform. Last issue located is that of Sept. 13, 1800.

Note: Continuation of Gazette Francaise et Americaine. Published in French. The last issue located is that of Oct. 4, 1799.

Note: Issues carried the sub-title: French and American gazette. Columns alternated French and English. Continued by Gazette Francaise, starting with the issue of Mar. 4, 1796.

Note: Paged continuously. File has index to v. 1, Apr. 15, 1789-Apr. 10, 1790. Suspended publication with the issue of Oct. 13, 1799; continued at Philadelphia Nov. 3, 1790.

Note: Continuation of The Argus, or, Greenleafs new daily advertiser. "Argus" appears in the title ornament. Continued by the American citizen and general advertiser, starting with the issue of Mar. l0, 1800.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, & patriotic register. Continued by the Republican watch-tower, starting with the issue of Mar. 12, 1800.

Note: A semi-weekly edition of The American Minerva; an evening advertiser, for subscribers in the country. Index to v. 1, June 4, 1794-June 2, 1795. Continued by The Spectator, starting with the issue of Oct. 4, 1797.

Note: The title for the Aug. 9, 1788, issue is shortened to: The Impartial gazetteer. The work "evenings" in the title is shortened to "evening" in issues between Aug. 16-Sept. 13, 1788. Continued by The New-York weekly museum, starting with the issue of Sept. 20, 1788. This title is classified as AP2.L22, and is located in the Rare Book Room.

Note: Continuation of The Independent New-York gazette. Continued by The New-York journal, and State gazette, starting with the issue of Mar. 18, 1784.

Note: Continued by The New-York daily gazette, starting with the issue of Dec. 29, 1788.

Note: Continues The New-York journal, and the general advertiser, which had been published in Poughkeepsie. Continued by The Independent gazette, or, The New- York journal revived, starting with the issue of Dec. 13, 1783.

Note: Issues consisted of a series of essays on political and religious sugjects, and might well be classified as a magazine, even though it resembled a newspaper and was concerned with topics of the day. The last issue located was Nov. 22, 1753.

Note: Continuation of The New York packet, and the American advertiser. Continued by The New-York packet, starting with the issue of May 16, 1785.

Note: Continuation of the Diary and mercantile adver- tiser. The last issue located of the Diary and Mercantile advertiser is that of Sept.l 13, 1798, and the first issue located of the Mercantile advertiser is Nov. 10, 1798. Continued by the New-York mercantile advertiser, starting with July 27 1829.

Note: Continuation of the American Minerva; an evening advertiser. Continued by the Commercial advertiser, starting with the issue of Oct. 2, 1797.

Note: Continuation of the The New-York morning post, and daily advertiser. Continued by The New-York morning post, starting with the issue of Jan. 3, 1792.

Note: Continued by The New-York weekly chronicle, starting with the issue of Apr. 23, 1795.

Note: The last issue located is that of Jan. 4, 1770.

Note: Continued by The Daily advertiser, political, commercial, and historical, starting with the issue of Sept. 20, 1785.

Note: Continuation of The Independent journal, or, The General advertiser. Paged continuously through 1788-1790. File contains index to V. 1, Dec. 29, 1788-Dec. 31, 1789. Between January 27 or 28, 1795, title was: The New York gazette. Sometime between Mar. 5-28, 1795, title again became known as New-York daily gazette. Continued by The New- York gazette and general advertiser, sometime between Apr. 27 and May 13, 1795.

Note: Continuation of The New-York gazette (1725). With the issue of May 25, 1747, the hyphen was discontinued between the words "evening" and "post" in the title. The last issue located is that of Dec. 18, 1752, soon after which the paper probably ceased publication.

Note: Continuation of the Columbian gazetteer. Ceased publication with the issue of May 25, 1795.

Note: The first newspaper published in New York. Prob- ably ceased publication with the issue of Nov. 19, 1744. Continued by The New-York evening-post, starting with the issue of Nov. 26, 1744.

Note: Continuation of Weyman's New-York gazette. Tem- porarily suspended because of the Stamp Act after June 10, 1765; resumed regular publication Nov. 25, 1765, having published three occasional issues during the interval. Ceased publication with the issue of Dec. 28, 1767.

Note: A continuation of the New-York daily gazette, starting sometime between Apr. 27 and May 13, 1795. Suspended with the issue of Aug. 25, 1803, but resumed publication with Oct. 24, 1803. Continued by Lang, Turner & Co.'s New-York gazette & general advertiser, starting with the issue of Jan. 6, 1820.

Note: Continuation of The New-York mercury. Between Feb. 1, 1768-Sept. 27, 1773, a semi-colon appears in the title instead of the colon. Ceased publi- cation, probably with the issue of Nov. 10, 1783.

Note: Continuation of The New-York gazette, revived in the weekly post-boy. Between Jan. 31-Feb. 21, 1757, title was: The New-York gazette. As of Feb. 28, 1757, title again became The New-York gazette, or, the Weekly postboy. Continued by Parker's New-York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy, starting with the issue of Mar. 19. 1759.

Note: Continuation of Parker's New-York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy. The issue of May 29, 1766, was called The New-York journal, or, General advertiser, no. 1, but this title was not used again until Oct. 16, 1766, when it was made the permanent title of Holt's paper. Continued by The New-York jounal, or, General advertiser, starting with the issue of Oct. 16, 1766.

435. The New-York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy. w., Oct. 16, 1766-August or September 1773.

Note: James Parker, after an absence of nearly five years from the field of journalism, on Oct. 16, 1766, opened a new printshop and began publishing a paper under the above title. He carried forward the volume and numbering of the paper of the same title which formerly had been published by John Holt and himself, but which since May 6, 1762, had been published soley by Holt. Ceased publication in 1773, probably in either August or September. The last issue located is that of July 12, 1773.

436. The New-York gazette, revived in the weekly post boy. w.,Jan. 19, 1747-Dec. 25, 1752.

Note: Continuation of The New-York weekly post-boy. Continued by The New York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy, starting with the issue of Jan. 1, 1753.

Note: Continuation of the New-York gazetteer, or, Daily evening post. The last issue located is that of Aug. 16, 1787.

Note: Continuation of The New-Jersey journal, published in Chatham, N.J. Between Dec. 3, 1783 and sometime in Dec. 1784, the word "the" was not included between the words "and" and "country" in the newspaper's title. For the period Dec. 7, 1784-Mar. 5, 1785, title was: The New-York gazetter. As of Mar. 8 1785, title again became: The New-York gazetteer and country journal. Continued by the New-York gazetteer, or, Daily evening post, starting with the issue of Aug. 14, 1786.

Note: Continuation of the New-York journal, and weekly register. Thursday issues during this period were called: The New-York journal, and weekly register. Continued by The New-York journal, and weekly register, starting with the issue of July 31, 1788.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, and weekly register. Continued by Greenleaf's New York journal, & patriotic register, starting with the issue of Jan. 1, 1794.

Note: Continuation of The Independent gazette, or, The New York journal revived. Continued by The New-York journal, and the general advertiser, starting with the issue of Feb. 17, 1785.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, or, The Weekly register (1785). Continued by The New-York journal and daily patriotic register, starting with the issue of Nov. 19, 1787.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, and State gazette. Continued by The New-York journal, or, The Weekly register, starting with the issue of June 23, 1785.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal and daily partiotic register. Continued by The New-York journal & patriotic register, starting with the issue of May 4, 1790.

Note: Continuation of the New-York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy. Continued by the New-York journal, or, The General advertiser, starting with the issue of Mar. 19, 1767.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, or, General advertiser. Ceased publication with the issue of Aug. 29, 1776, because of the British occupation of New York. Continued in Kingston, N.Y., by The New-York journal, and the general advertiser, starting with the issue of July 7, 1777.

Note: Continuation of The New-York journal, and the general adveritser. Continued by The New-York journal, and weekly register, starting with the issue of Jan. 18, 1787.

Note: The subtitle, "Containing the freshest advices foreign and domestic", follows the title after a period. Continued by The New-York gazette: and the weekly mercury, starting with the issue of Feb. 1, 1768.

Note: The last issue located is that of Aug. 15, 1783.

Note: continuation of The New-York evening post (1782). Continued by The New-York morning post, and daily advertiser, starting with the issue of Feb. 23, 1785.

Note: Continuation of The New-York morning post (1783). Continued by The Morning post, and daily advertiser, starting with the issue of Oct. 6, 1788.

Note: Continuation of Loudon's New-York packet. Ceased publication with the issue of Jan. 26, 1792. Con- tinued by The Diary, or, Loudon's register, starting with the issue of Feb. 15, 1792.

Note: Suspended publication with the issue of Aug. 29, 1776; was later reestablished at Fishkill, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1777. Returned to New York city after the war, and resumed publication on Nov. 13, 1783. Continued by Loudon's New-York packet, starting with the issue of Nov. 11, 1784.

Note: Notice of publication of this paper appears first in the issue of The Daily advertiser: pol- itical, historical, and commercial, for Aug. 10, 1786, page 3, col. 1, "A price current, given (gratis) every Monday, to the subscribers for this paper". Price to nonsubscribers one shilling. Judging from this notice the issue for Aug. 14, 1786, was the first issue published. This continues the American price-current.

Note: Continuation of Oram's New-York price-current, and marine register. Continued by Oram's New-York price- current, starting with the issue of June 26, 1802.

Note: Established early in 1796, judging from the date of the earliest issue located, that of Jan. 2, 1797, no. 54. Continued by Oram's New-York price-current, and marine register, starting with the issue of June 3 or 10, 1797.

Note: Continuation of Mott and Hurtin's New-York weekly chronicle. The last issue located is that of Oct. 1, 1795.

Note: The subtitle, "Containing the freshest advices, foreign and domestick", follows the title and is separated from it by a period and a line. The first issue was misprinted "Oct. 5." Ceased publication in 1751 prior to July 1. The last issue located is that of Mar. 18, 1751.

Note: Continuation of The Impartial gazetteer, and Saturday evening post. Continued by The Weekly museum, starting with the issue of May 14, 1791. This title is classified under AP2.L22, and is located in the Rare Book Room.

Note: Continued by The New-York gazette, revived in the weekly post-boy, starting with the issue of Jan. 19, 1747.

Note: Continuation of the New-York prices current. Continued by the New-York price-current, start- ing with the issue of May 25, 1799.

Note: Continuation of The New-York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy (1753). Continued by The New- York gazette, or, The Weekly post-boy (1762), starting with the issue of May 6, 1762.

Note: Formerly published weekly at Bustleton, Pa. The last issue published in Bustleton was that of Oct. 26, 1799. The first and only issue published in New York was that of Jan. 13, 1800. Ceased publication with this issue.

Note: Ceased publication with the issue of Aug. 23, 1800.

Note: The last issue located is that of June 27, 1798.

Note: Continuation of The Royal gazette. Ceased publication with the issue of Dec. 31, 1783.

Note: Continuation of Rivington's New-York gazetteer, or, The Connecticut, Hudson's River, New-Jersey, and Quebec weekly advertiser. Continued by Rivington's New York loyal gazette, starting with the issue of Oct. 18, 1777.

Note: Continuation of Rivington's New-York gazetteer, or, the Connecticut, New-Jersey, Hudson's-River, and Quebec weekly advertiser. Suspended publi- cation with the issue of Nov. 23, 1775. Con- tinued by Rivington's New-York gazette, or, The Connecticut, Hudson's River, New-Jersey, and Quebec weekly advertiser, starting with the issue of Oct. 4, 1777.

Note: A preliminary issue, unnumbered, was issued Mar. 18, 1773. Continued by Rivington's New-York gazetteer, or, The Connecticut, Hudson's River, New-Jersey, and Quebec weekly advertiser, starting with the issue of Dec. 16, 1773.

Note: Continuation of Rivington's New-York gazette, or, The Connecticut, Hudson's River, New-Jersey, and Quebec weekly advertiser. Continued by The Royal gazette, starting with the issue of Dec. 13, 1777.

Note: The last issue located is that of July 31, 1783. Ceased publication soon thereafter.

Note: Continuation of Rivington's New York loyal gazette. Continued by Rivington's New-York gazette, and universal advertiser, starting with the issue of Nov. 22, 1783.

Note: The semi-weekly edition of the Commercial adver- tiser, and successor to The Herald; a gazette for the country. Continued by the New-York spectator, start- ing with the issue of Jan. 14, 1804.

Note: Ceased publication in New York with the issue of Feb. 7, 1801; resumed in Philadelplhia on Apr. 22, 1801, and published there until Feb. 19, 1803.

Note: Continuation of The Time piece; and literary companion. Ceased publication with the issue of Aug. 30, 1798.

Note: A hyphen was included in the title between the words "time" and "piece" between Mar. 13-17, 1797. Continued by The Time piece, starting with the issue of Sept. 15, 1797.

Note: Continuation of The New-York weekly museum (1788). Bound holdings of this title are classified under AP2.L22, and are located in the Rare Book Room. Microfilm holdings are in the Newspaper & Current Periodical Reading Room, under the control #3043. Continued by the New-York weekly museum (1805), starting with the issue of Aug. 17, 1805.

Note: Continued by The New-York gazette, starting with the issue of Aug. 13, 1759.

Note: This publication resembled a magazine, but considered itself a newspaper and summerized the news of the day. The last issue located is that of Nov. 4, 1797.

Note: Ceased publication with the issue of July 22, 1800.

Note: Established Aug. 11, 1785, judging from the date of the earliest issue located, that of Sept. 15, 1785, no. 6. Continued by The Country journal, and Dutchess and Ulster County farmer's register, starting with the issue of Sept. 30, 1788.

Note: Removed from Kingston, N.Y., where it had suspended publication Oct. 13, 1777; resumed at Poughkeepsie, May 11, 1778. Suspended publication Nov. 6, 1780- July 30, 1781, and again on Jan. 6, 1782; was revived in New York City as The Independent New-York gazette, starting with the issue of Nov. 22, 1783.

Note: Continuation of The Country journal, and Dutchess and Ulster County farmer's register. Continued by The Poughkeepsie journal, and constitutional repub- lican, starting with the issue of June 1, 1802.

Note: Continued by the Northern post, starting with the issue of May 22, 1804.

Note: The last issue located is that of Nov. 18, 1795.

Note: the last issue located is that of Mar. 13, 1798, in which issue the publisher announced his removal from the town during the following month.

Note: Removed from Lansingburgh and established at Troy, starting with the issue of May 15, 1798. Continued by the Troy budget, sometime during or after 1825.

Note: Removed from Lansingburgh and established at Troy, May 5, 1795. The last issue located is that of Dec. 8, 1795.