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Newspaper The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]) 1736-1781

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]) 1736-1781

Names

  • Parks, William, -1750
  • Hunter, William
  • Purdie, Alexander, -1779
  • Dixon, John, -1791
  • Nicolson, Thomas, -1808

Dates of Publication

  • 1736-1781

Created / Published

  • Williamsburg [Va.] : Printed by W. Parks

Headings

  • -  Williamsburg (Va.)--Newspapers
  • -  Richmond (Va.)--Newspapers
  • -  Richmond County (Va.)--Newspapers
  • -  Virginia--Richmond
  • -  Virginia--Richmond County
  • -  Virginia--Williamsburg
  • -  United States--Virginia--Richmond--Richmond
  • -  United States--Virginia--Williamsburg

Genre

  • Electronic journals
  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began 1736; ceased 1781.
  • -  Publishers : William Parks <1736-1750>, William Hunter <1751-1761>, Joseph Royle and Co. <1761-1766>, , Alexander Purdie and John Dixon <1766-1774>, John Dixon and William Hunter <1775-1778>, Dixon and Nicholson, <1779-1780>.
  • -  Published in Richmond, Va., , 1780-1781.
  • -  Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers p. 1158-1163
  • -  In accordance with the Julian calendar, from 1736-<1739> issues for Jan. 1-Mar. 24 carry the previous year in their date. From <1740>-1751 issues for Jan. 1-Mar. 24 carry both years in their date.
  • -  Suspended -Dec. 1750; Nov. 1765-Feb. 1766.
  • -  Numeric designation began again with no. 1, Jan. 3, 1751?, and again with no. 1, Feb. 12, 1779.
  • -  Available on microfilm from the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Institute for Institute of Early American Hist. and Culture, the Library of Virginia, and the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service.
  • -  Split into: Virginia gazette, or weekly advertiser, and: Virginia gazette, or, The independent chronicle.
  • -  No. 6 (Sept. 3-Sept. 10, 1736).
  • -  No. 77 (Aug. 29, 1780).
  • -  Virginia gazette, or Weekly advertiser 2691-7394 (DLC)sn 95067615 (OCoLC)33490594
  • -  Virginia gazette, or, The independent chronicle 2691-7440 (DLC)sn 85034464 (OCoLC)12888405

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84024739

OCLC Number

  • 11078785

ISSN Number

  • 2641-1660

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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg Va. -1781. (Richmond, VA), Jan. 1 1736. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84024739/.

APA citation style:

(1736, January 1) The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg Va. -1781. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84024739/.

MLA citation style:

The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg Va. -1781. (Richmond, VA) 1 Jan. 1736. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84024739/.