Newspaper Image 7 of The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), May 5, 1775, (SUPPLEMENT.)

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Title

  • The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg, Va.), May 5, 1775

Names

  • Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA

Place of Publication

  • Williamsburg, Va.

Dates of Publication

  • 1775-1780

Created / Published

  • Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1775

Headings

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

Genre

  • Newspapers
  • Facsimiles (Printing)
  • Re-issues (Publishing)

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  No. 1 (Feb. 3, 1775)-
  • -  Ceased in 1780.
  • -  Not to be confused with the Virginia gazette published in 1775 by John Dixon and William Hunter (the same Virginia gazette published by Alexander Purdie and John Dixon, 1765-1774). On Feb. 3, 1775, Purdie established a Virginia gazette of his own.
  • -  Publishers: John Clarkson & Augustine Davis, .
  • -  Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers p. 1158
  • -  Available on microfilm from the Institute of Early Amer. Hist. and Culture, and from Recordak (The Library of Virginia).
  • -  Photostat publisher: Mass. Historical Soc.
  • -  Also issued online.
  • -  Latest issue consulted: No. 283 (Dec. 9, 1780).

Medium

  • 8 pages

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84024742

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

The Virginia gazette. (Williamsburg, VA), May. 5 1775. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84024742/1775-05-05/ed-1/.

APA citation style:

(1775, May 5) The Virginia gazette. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sn84024742/1775-05-05/ed-1/.

MLA citation style:

The Virginia gazette. (Williamsburg, VA) 5 May. 1775, p. 7. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/sn84024742/1775-05-05/ed-1/.