Newspapers on Microfilm

American Apollo (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has October 5, 1792 – December 25, 1794.

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Argus (sw). Albany, New York.

Ellis has January 26, 1813 – December, 1865.

Note: Title varies:

• Albany Argus January 26, 1813 – February, 1856;
• Atlas and Argus February 18, 1856 – May 1865;
• Argus May 1865 – December, 1865.

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Argus (sw,w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has September 15, 1788 – July 19, 1791; August 16, 1791 – June 28, 1793.

Note: Title varies:

• Herald of Freedom and General Advertiser September 15, 1788 – April, 1791;
• Herald of Freedom April 5, 1791 – July 19, 1791; Argus August 16, 1791 – June 28, 1793.

Frequency varies: weekly July 3, 1792 – April 12, 1793.

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Barron’s National Business and Financial Weekly (w). Boston, Massachusetts and Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January, 1961 – December, 1961; January, 1963 – December, 1964.

Note: Place of publication varies:

• Boston, Massachusetts January, 1961 – December, 1961;
• Chicopee, Massachusetts January, 1963 – December, 1964.

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Barron’s the National Financial Weekly (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January, 1932 – December, 1932.

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Boston Chronicle (w,sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has December 21, 1767 – June 25, 1770.

Note: Frequency varies: weekly December, 1767 – December, 1768.

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Boston Commercial Gazette (w,sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has September 7, 1795 – June 4, 1798; June 21, 1798 – October 6, 1800.

Note: Title varies:

• Boston Price-Current September 7, 1795 – June 4, 1798;
• Russell’s Gazette June 21, 1798 – October 6, 1800.

Frequency varies: weekly September 7, 1795 – September 12, 1796.

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Boston Evening Post (w,sw). Boston, Massachusetts; Worcester, Massachusetts.

Ellis has August 18, 1735 – April 24, 1775; October 20, 1781 – October 8, 1789.

Note: Title varies: 

• Boston Evening Post August 18, 1735 – January 10, 1784;
• American Herald and General Advertiser January 19, 1784 – March 29, 1784; 
• American Herald April 5, 1784 – January 7, 1788;
• American Herald and Federal Record January 14, 1788; 
• American Herald January 21, 1788 – June 30, 1788;
• American Herald and Worcester Recorder August 21, 1788 – October 8, 1789.

Place of publication varies:

• Boston August 18, 1735 – June 30, 1788;
• Worcester August 21, 1788 – October 8, 1789.

Frequency varies: semi-weekly February 28, 1788 – June 30, 1788. Continues Weekly Rehearsal listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

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Boston Evening Transcript (d). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has July 24, 1830 – April, 1941.

Note: Title varies: Daily Evening Transcript July 24, 1830 – 1853; Boston Transcript 1854 – September, 1866; Boston Daily Evening Transcript October 1, 1866 – November 10, 1872; Boston Evening Transcript November 11, 1872 – April, 1941.

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Boston Gazette (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has December 21, 1719 – November 30, 1742.

Note: Title varies: Boston Gazette December 21, 1719 – October 20, 1741; Merged with New England Weekly Journal to form Boston Gazette or Weekly Journal October 27, 1741 – November 30, 1742.

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Boston Globe (d). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 1, 1978 to December 31, 2003.

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Boston Kaleidoscope and Literary Rambler

Ellis has December 5, 1818 – November 13, 1819.

Note: Title varies: Kaleidoscope December 5, 1818 – January 2, 1819: Absorbed The Idiot, or Invisible Rambler January, 1819 to become Boston Kaleidoscope and Literary Rambler January 9, 1819 – November 13,1819.

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Boston Mirror (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has October 22, 1808 – July 21, 1810.

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Boston News-Letter (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has April 24, 1704 – February 29, 1776 (incomplete).

Note: Title varies: Boston News-Letter April 24, 1704 – December, 1726; Weekly News-Letter January 5, 1727 – October, 1730; Boston Weekly News-Letter November 5, 1730 – December 30, 1742; Boston News-Letter September, 1757 – March 18, 1762; Boston News-Letter and New-England Chronicle March 25, 1762 – March 31, 1763; Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter April 7, 1763 – May 19, 1768; Boston Weekly News-Letter May 26, 1768 – September 21, 1769; Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter September 28, 1769 – February 29, 1776.

FILM RECORD (1704 – 1776); FILM (1704 – 1742)

Guide to FILM RECORD is SPEC-REF Z1223.5.A1 U47.

Boston Patriot (sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has 1809-1820.

Note: Title varies: Boston Patriot March 3, 1809 – March 2, 1816; Boston Patriot and Morning Advertiser March 9, 1816 – May, 1817; Merged with Independent Chronicle to form Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (for the country) June 4, 1817 – 1820.

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Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser (sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has 1768-1820.

Note: Title varies: Essex Gazette August 2, 1768 – May 2, 1775; New England Chronicle; or, the Essex Gazette May 12, 1775 – April 4, 1776; New England Chronicle April 25 – September 12, 1776; Independent Chronicle September 19 – October 31, 1776; Independent Chronicle and Universal Advertiser November 7, 1776 – December 17, 1801; Independent Chronicle (varies slightly) December 21, 1801 – May 29, 1817; Independent Chronicle and Boston Patriot (varies slightly) June 4, 1817 – May 23, 1840

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Boston Yankee (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 3, 1812 – January 20, 1820.

Note: Title varies: Yankee January 3, 1812 – April 8, 1819; Boston Yankee April 15, 1819 – January 20, 1820.

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Censor (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has November 23, 1771 – May 2, 1772.

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Christian Science Monitor (Eastern Edition) (d). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has November 25, 1908 to December 2003.

Note: Eastern Edition published as Atlantic Edition 1908 – 1960.

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Columbian Centinel (sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has July 31, 1790 – December 30, 1820.

Note: Title varies: Columbian Centinel July 31, 1790 – October 2, 1799; Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist October 5, 1799 – December, 1817; Columbian Centinel January 3, 1818 – January 18, 1818; Columbian Centinel. American Federalist January, 1818 – December 30, 1820.

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Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has May 30, 1776 – June 21, 1787.

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Essex Gazette (w). Salem, Massachusetts; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has August 2, 1768 – July 25, 1776.

Note: Title varies: Essex Gazette August 2, 1768 – May 2, 1775; New England Chronicle May 12, 1775 – July 25, 1776. Place of publication varies: Salem August 2, 1768 – May 2, 1775; Cambridge May 12, 1775 – April 4, 1776; Boston April 25, 1776 – July 25, 1776. Continued by Independent Chronicle listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

see Boston Semi-Weekly Advertiser.

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Federal Orrery (sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has October 20, 1794 – October 31, 1796.

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Idiot, or Invisible Rambler (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has December 20, 1817 – January 2, 1819.

Note: Absorbed by Kaleidoscope January, 1819.

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Impartial Register (sw). Salem, Massachusetts.

Ellis has May 12, 1800 – December 17, 1801.

Note: Title varies: Impartial Register May 12, 1800 – July, 1800; Salem Impartial Register August, 1800 – December 17, 1801.

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Independent Ledger and American Advertiser (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has June 15, 1778 – October, 1786.

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Journal of Humanity (w). Andover, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 3, 1832 – February 28, 1833; May 16, 1833.

Note: Title varies: Journal of Humanity and Herald of the American Temperance Society.

Note: Shelved with Spirit of the Age, Journal of Humanity.

FILM, Filmed with Spirit of the Age, Journal of Humanity.

Massachusetts Gazette (w,sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has November 28, 1785 – November 11, 1788.

Note: Frequency varies: weekly 1785 – August 15, 1786. Continues Salem Gazette (w) listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

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Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 3, 1765 – December 27, 1770; January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1776.

Note: Title varies: Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter January 3, 1765 – May 19, 1768; Boston Weekly News-Letter May 26, 1768 – September 21, 1769; Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter September 28, 1769 – February 22, 1776.

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Massachusetts Gazette and the Boston Post-Boy Advertiser (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has April 21, 1735 – April 17, 1775.

Note: Title varies: Boston Weekly Post-Boy April 21, 1735 – June 4, 1750; Boston Post-Boy June 11, 1750 – 1754; Boston Weekly Advertiser April 22, 1757 – 1758; Green and Russell’s Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser January 1, 1759 – May 23, 1763; Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser May 30, 1763 – September 25, 1769; Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser October 2, 1769 – April 17, 1775. Publication suspended: 1755 – 1757.

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Massachusetts Mercury (sw,tw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 1, 1793 – March 8, 1803.

Note: Title varies: Massachusetts Mercury January 1, 1793 – June, 1793; Mercury July 2, 1793 – November, 1795; Massachusetts Mercury December, 1795 – June, 1796; Mercury July 8, 1796 – December, 1796; Massachusetts Mercury January, 1797 – December, 1800; Mercury and New England Palladium January 2, 1801 – March 8, 1803. Frequency varies: tri-weekly January 1, 1793 – July 2, 1793.

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Massachusetts Spy (w,sw,tw). Boston, Massachusetts; Worcester, Massachusetts.

Ellis has July 17, 1770 – April 6, 1775; May 3, 1775 – December 27, 1820.

Note: Title varies: Massachusetts Spy July 17, 1770 – October 1, 1772; Massachusetts Spy or Thomas’ Boston Journal October 8, 1772 – April 6, 1775; Massachusetts Spy, or American Oracle of Liberty May 3, 1775 – August 12, 1775; Thomas’ Massachusetts Spy, or American Oracle of Liberty August 16, 1775 – May 31, 1776; Massachusetts Spy, or American Oracle of Liberty June 14, 1776 – August 7, 1777; Haswell’s Massachusetts Spy, or American Oracle of Liberty August 14, 1777 – June 18, 1778; Thomas’ Massachusetts Spy, or American Oracle of Liberty June 25, 1778 – May 17, 1781; Thomas’ Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette May 24, 1781 – March, 1786; Worcester Magazine April, 1786 – March, 1788; Thomas’ Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette April, 1788 – October 10, 1810; Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette October 17, 1810 – February 20, 1811; Thomas’ Massachusetts Spy, or Worcester Gazette February 27, 1811 – December 27, 1820. Frequency varies: tri-weekly July 17, 1770 – November 5, 1770; semi-weekly November, 1770 – May, 1771. Publication suspended: February 1, 1771 – May, 1771; February 23, 1776 – April 19, 1776. Place of publication varies: Boston July 17, 1770 – April 6, 1775; Worcester May 3, 1775 – December 27, 1820.

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National Aegis (w). Worcester, Massachusetts.

Ellis has December 2, 1801 – December 27, 1820.

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New England Courant (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has August 7, 1721 – June 25, 1726.

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New England Palladium (sw). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has March 11, 1803 – December 29, 1820.

Note: Title varies: New England Palladium March 11, 1803 – December 31, 1814; New England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser January, 1815 – December 29, 1820.

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New England Weekly Journal (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has March 20, 1727 – October 13, 1741.

Note: Merged with Boston Gazette to form Boston Gazette or Weekly Journal; Ellis has this on FILM with the Boston Gazette titles.

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Pittsfield Sun (w). Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Ellis has 1800-1820.

Note: Title varies: Sun September 16, 1800 – December, 1805; Pittsfield Sun, or Republican Monitor January, 1805 – 1807; Pittsfield Sun 1808 – 1820.

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Salem Gazette (w). Salem, Massachusetts.

Ellis has October 18, 1781 – November 22, 1785.

Note: Continued by Massachusetts Gazette listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

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Salem Gazette (w,sw). Salem, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 5, 1790 – December 29, 1820.

Note: Title varies: American Eagle January 5, 1790. Frequency varies: weekly 1790 – May, 1796; semi-weekly 1796 – 1820. Continues Salem Mercury listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

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Salem Impartial Register (sw). Salem, Massachusetts.

Ellis has May 12, 1801 – December 30, 1820.

Note: Title varies: Salem Impartial Register May 12, 1801 – December 31, 1801; Salem Register January 4, 1802 – July 16, 1807; Essex Register July 23, 1807 – December 30, 1820.

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Salem Mercury (w). Salem, Massachusetts.

Ellis has October 14, 1786 – December 29, 1789.

Note: Title varies: Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral October 14, 1786 – April 8, 1788; Salem Mercury April 15, 1788 – December 29, 1789. Continued by Salem Gazette (w,sw) listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

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Satirist (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has January 16, 1812 – May 9, 1812.

Note: Title varies: Boston Satirist, or Weekly Museum.

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Scourge (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has August 10, 1811 – December 28, 1811.

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Spirit of the Age, and Journal of Humanity (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has May 23, 1833 – January 2, 1834; January 2, 1834 – March 20,1834.

Note: Filmed with Journal of Humanity, and Protestant Vindicator.

FILM, Shelved as Spirit of the Age, and Journal of Humanity.

Weekly Rehearsal (w). Boston, Massachusetts.

Ellis has September 27, 1731 – August 11, 1735.

Note: Continued by Boston Evening Post listed separately in alphabetical order in this guide.

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