Eighteenth-Century Newspapers
The Williams Rare Book Museum houses a rich collection of over 700 historic newspapers printed between the seventeenth century and the twentieth century. About 200 of these newspapers were printed during the eighteenth century. The digital collection featured here contains a small selection of digitized eighteenth-century newspapers from the Williams Rare Book Museum's historic newspaper collection.
The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Kennesaw State University Archives and/or copyright holder.
Recent Submissions
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Massachusetts Gazette, 1787-5-4
Eighteenth century newspaper containing news and excerpts from Jefferson's Notes on Virginia. -
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The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, 1787-5-19
Newspaper with info on early American monetary policy. -
Connecticut Courant and Weekly Intelligencer, 1787-5-28
Newspaper with information on revising the Articles of Confederation. -
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Connecticut Courant and Weekly Intelligencer, 1778-5-12
Newspaper with information on early Kentucky. An article on page two is about the ratification of the US Constitution in Maryland. Most of the third page is a speech by Connecticut's Governor Samuel Huntington. -
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The Tatler, 1709-5-7 to 1709-5-10
Eighteenth century British newspaper commenting on life in Britain. -
New Haven Gazette and Connecticut Magazine, 1786-4-6
Eighteenth century newspaper with commentary on the US Constitution -
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, 1789-1-6
Newspaper with an election notice and an article on slavery -
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Independent Chronicle: and Universal Advertiser, 1787-4-5
Newspaper with Masschusetts election coverage and legislative news -
Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser, 1788-4-30
Newspaper filled with early American advertisements. -
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