Miscellaneous Historical Newspapers Collection, 1788-1828

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University

Title: Miscellaneous Historical Newspapers Collection, 1788-1828

Collection No.: SC# NEWS

Creator: Various

Extent: One newspaper box; x 1.73 linear feet; 1" x 20.75" x 24.50"

Language: English

Abstract: 

The Miscellaneous Historical Newspapers Collection, 1788-1828, consists of one newspaper box (1.73 linear feet), containing twelve newspaper issues from nine Early American newspapers.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions:

The copyright interests in this collection have been transferred to the James Madison University Special Collection Library. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library Reference Desk (library-special@jmu.edu).

Preferred Citation: 

[Identification of Item], the Miscellaneous Historical Newspapers Collection, 1788-1828, SC# NEWS, Special Collections, Carrier Library, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Acquisition Information:

This collection was transferred from the Madison Center at James Madison University to Special Collections in Carrier Library in February 2010 prior to the Center's closing that summer.

Accruals:

This collection may receive accruals of other miscelleneous historical newspapers should circumstances so warrant.

Historical Note

The items in this collection were transferred from the James Madison Center for Liberty & Learning, which was founded in 1999 to honor the legacy of the nation's fourth President and Father of the United States Constitution. Prior to its closing in 2010, the Center served as a repository for information on Madison's life and times (1751-1836) as well as that of the Federalist Era. The Center annually offered seminars, workshops, internships and other professional opportunities for K-12 students, teachers, and members of the community.  The Center also played a role in a variety of campus special events including Constitution Day, Madison Week, the Centennial celebrations, and the Jamestown 2007 commemorations.  On March 4, 2009 as part of the bicentennial commemorations of James Madison’s presidency, the Center published Liberty & Learning: The Essential James Madison.

Scope and Content

The Miscellaneous Historical Newspapers Collection, 1788-1828, consists of one newspaper box (1.73 linear feet), containing twelve newspaper issues from nine Early American newspapers.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically, then chronologically.

Related Material

See also the John A. Sawhill Collection, 1756-1848, which contains two issues of the London newspaper the Whitehall Evening Post from the years 1756 and 1775, which reflect the prevailing British perspective on world events at the time.

Contents

Boston Gazette	February 16, 1809 March 26, 1810	v.25, no. 48 v. 32, no. 26
Columbian Centinal	November 20, 1811 December 13, 1815	no. 2282 no. 3306
The Connecticut Courant	July 22, 1799	v. 34, no. 1800
Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser	August 5, 1793	no. 4533
Independent Chronicle	July 19, 1813 September 25, 1815	v. 45, no. 3387 v. 47, no. 5393
The Independent Gazetteer, or, The Chronicle of Freedom	April 30, 1788	v. 7, no. 743
National Intelligencer	April 16, 1810	v. 10, no. 1465
New-England Palladium	March 26, 1802	v. 19, no. 25
New York American	December 30, 1828	v. 9, no. 827