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Newspaper The Massachusetts Spy (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772

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About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Massachusetts Spy (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772

Names

  • Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831
  • Fowle, Zechariah, 1724-1776

Dates of Publication

  • 1770-1772

Created / Published

  • Boston [Mass.] : Zechariah Fowle, Isaiah Thomas, 1770-1772.

Headings

  • -  Boston (Mass.)--Newspapers
  • -  Suffolk County (Mass.)--Newspapers
  • -  Massachusetts--Boston
  • -  Massachusetts--Suffolk County
  • -  United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston

Genre

  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly, Mar. 7, 1771-1772
  • -  No. 1 (July 17, 1770)-v. 2, no. 85 (Oct. 1, 1772).
  • -  Published by Isaiah Thomas, -Oct. 1, 1772.
  • -  "A Weekly, Political and Commercial Paper--Open to all Parties, but Influenced by None."
  • -  Volume numbering begins with Vol. 1, no. 2 (Aug. 7, 1770).
  • -  Suspended Feb. 2-Mar. 6, 1771.
  • -  Also issued in microopaque and microfilm from Readex Microprint Corp.
  • -  Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal 2637-9295 (DLC)sn 83021194 (OCoLC)9934374

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper
  • AP2.A2 A63 Box 12

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83021193

OCLC Number

  • 2263907

ISSN Number

  • 2637-9279

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Chicago citation style:

The Massachusetts Spy Boston Mass. -1772. (Boston, MA), Jan. 1 1770. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83021193/.

APA citation style:

(1770, January 1) The Massachusetts Spy Boston Mass. -1772. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83021193/.

MLA citation style:

The Massachusetts Spy Boston Mass. -1772. (Boston, MA) 1 Jan. 1770. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn83021193/.