List of newspapers in Virginia in the 18th century

This is a list of newspapers published in 18th-century Virginia, North America.

Contents 1 Virginia newspapers by town 1.1 Alexandria 1.2 Dumphries 1.3 Fincastle 1.4 Fredericksburg 1.5 Leesburg 1.6 Norfolk 1.7 Petersburg 1.8 Richmond 1.9 Staunton 1.10 Williamsburg 1.11 Winchester 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading

Virginia newspapers by town

Alexandria

Newspapers published in Alexandria, Virginia:

• Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer. D., Dec. 8-31, 1800+^[1]

• The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792-Dec. 6, 1800.^[1]

• The Times. Alexandria Advertiser. D., Apr. 10, 1797- Apr. 16 1799.^[1]

• The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser. D., Apr. 17, 1799-Dec. 31, 1800+^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser. W., July 30(?), 1789-Nov. 1793.^[1]

• The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser. W., Feb. 5, 1784-July 4, 1789.^[1]

Dumphries

Newspapers published in Dumphries, Virginia:

• The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository. W., Sept. 29, 1791-Dec. 19, 1793.^[1]

Fincastle

Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia:

• The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser. W., March-Dec. 27, 1800+^[1]

Fredericksburg

Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia:

• The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797-Sept. 2, 1799.^[1]

• The Virginia Herald. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799-Dec. 26, 1800+^[1]

• The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser. W., S.W., June 7, 1787-Oct. 16 (?), 1795.^[1]

• The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795-Aug. 19, 1797.^[1]

Leesburg

Newspapers published in Leesburg, Virginia:

• The True American. W., November 1798-1800(?)^[1]

Norfolk

Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia:

• American Gazette. S.W., May 6, 1796.^[1]

• American Gazette & General Advertiser. S.W., May 10, 1796- Nov. 7, 1797.^[1]

• American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser. S.W., May 7, 1794-Apr. 30, 1796.^[1]

• The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser. W., July 18, 1792-Apr. 30, 1794.^[1]

• Epitome of the Times. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799-Dec. 30, 1800+^[1]

• The Herald. T.W., Nov. 9-30, 1795.^[1]

• The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794-Nov. 5, 1795.^[1]

• The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle. W., Aug. 29, 1789- June (?), 1792.^[1]

• The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette. W., Sept. 9-Oct. 8, 1789.^[1]

• The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal. W., June 21, 1786- May 13 (?), 1789.^[1]

• Norfolk Herald. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795-Oct. 31, 1796.^[1]

• The Norfolk Herald. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798-Dec. 29, 1800+^[1]

• The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796-Feb. 17, 1798.^[1]

• The Virginia Chronicle, & C. S.W., Nov. 13-Dec. 19, 1794.^[1]

• The Virginia Chronicle, & General Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 11-Nov. 10, 1794.^[1]

• Virginia Chronicle and Norfolk and Portsmouth General Advertiser.W., July 28, 1792-Apr. 5, 1794.^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette. 1775-Feb. 3, 1776.^[1]

• Virginia Gazette, or, Norfolk Intelligencer. June 9 (?), 1774-Sept. 20, 1775.^[1]

Petersburg

Newspapers published in Petersburg, Virginia:

• The Independent Ledger, and Petersburg and Blandford Public Advertiser. W., Mar. 6-May 8, 1793.^[1]

• The Petersburg Intelligencer. S.W., June 17-Dec. 31, 1800+^[1]

• Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer. W., S.W., July 6 (?), 1786-May (?), 1800.^[1]

Richmond

Newspapers published in Richmond, Virginia:

• The American Advertiser. ^[1]

• The Friend of the People, A Political Paper. Fortnightly, Jan. (?)-July (?), 1800.^[1]

• The Observatory, or, A View of the Times. S.W., July 3(?), 1797-Sept. 10(?), 1798.^[1]

• The Press. W., Jan. 6-Feb. 7(?) 1800.^[1]

• The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 30, 1795-Nov. 15, 1796.^[1]

• Richmond Chronicle. S.W., May 23, 1795-Aug. 27, 1796.^[1]

• The Virginia Argus. S.W., Nov. 19, 1796-Dec. 30, 1800+^[1]

• The Virginia Federalist. S.W., May 25, 1799-Aug. 2, 1800.^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette. W., May 9, 1780-May 19, 1781.^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser. W., S.W., Aug. 25, 1790-Dec. 26, 1800+^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette, and Independent Chronicle. W., 1784 (?)-Sept. (?), 1789.^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette. and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser. S.W., Apr. 15, 1793-Apr. 25, 1795.^[1]

• Virginia Gazette & Richmond Chronicle. S.W., Mar. 2, 1793- May 19, 1795.^[1]

• Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. W., Feb. 16, 1782- Apr. 22, 1797.^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette, or, The American Advertiser. W., Dec. 22, 1781-Dec. 20, 1786.^[1]

• The Virginia Independent Chronicle. W., July 26, 1786- May 6, 1789.^[1]

• The Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser. W., May 13, 1789-Aug. 18, 1790.^[1]

Staunton

Newspapers published in Staunton, Virginia:

• The Staunton Gazette, or, The Western Star. W., Feb. 5, 1790.^[1]

• Staunton Spy. W., Feb. 1793-Feb. 1, 1794.^[1]

Williamsburg

Newspapers published in Williamsburg, Virginia:

• The Virginia Gazette. 1736-1780.^[1][2]

• Rind's Virginia Gazette. W., May 16-Sept. 12 (?), 1766.^[1]

Winchester

Newspapers published in Winchester, Virginia:

• Bowen's Virginia Centinel & Gazette, or, The Winchester Political Repository. W., Apr. 1790-Feb. 19, 1796.^[1]

• The Virginia Centinel, or, The Winchester Mercury. W., Apr. 2, 1788-Apr. (?), 1790.^[1]

• The Virginia Gazette, and Winchester Advertiser. W., July 11, 1787-Apr. 23, 1788.^[1]

• Virginia Gazette, or, The Winchester Advertiser. W., Apr. 30, 1788-Sept. 9, 1789.^[1]

• Winchester Gazette. W., 1798 (?)-Dec. 31, 1800+^[1]

See also

• List of newspapers in Virginia

References

Further reading

• Van Ness Ingram, John (1912). A Check List of American Eighteenth Century Newspapers in the Library of Congress. http://books.google.com/books?id=RQItAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2010-10-21.