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Newspaper The Newport Gazette (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779

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About The Newport Gazette (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779

The Newport Gazette was a weekly Tory newspaper, established January 16, 1777, by John A. Howe of New York while the British occupied Newport during the American Revolutionary War. It was printed on the hand press previously used to print the Newport Mercury.

The pro-revolution Newport Mercury was suspended with the issue of December 2, 1776 (no. 954 instead of no. 955), and as the British forces advanced on Newport, printer Solomon Southwick buried his press and types (see Newport Mercury, June 12, 1858) and fled to Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Six days later, on December 8, 1776, the British occupied Newport. The press was discovered and used to print pro-British news in the Newport Gazette.

The last known issue is that of October 6, 1779, vol. 3, no. 139, which, according to Clarence S. Brigham, must have been nearly the last number, as the British evacuated Newport, October 25, 1779.

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Newport Gazette (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779

Dates of Publication

  • 1777-1779

Created / Published

  • Newport [R.I.] : John Howe, 1777-

Headings

  • -  Newport (R.I.)--Newspapers
  • -  Rhode Island--Newport
  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Newport--Newport

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Jan. 16, 1777-
  • -  Ceased in 1779.
  • -  Archived issues are available in digital format from the Library of Congress Chronicling America online collection.

Medium

  • volumes ; 34 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83021183

OCLC Number

  • 9881721

ISSN Number

  • 2770-3827

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Chicago citation style:

The Newport Gazette Newport R.I. -1779. (Newport, RI), Jan. 1 1777. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83021183/.

APA citation style:

(1777, January 1) The Newport Gazette Newport R.I. -1779. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83021183/.

MLA citation style:

The Newport Gazette Newport R.I. -1779. (Newport, RI) 1 Jan. 1777. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83021183/.