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Newspaper The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.) 1775-1780

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Va.) 1775-1780

Names

  • Purdie, Alexander, -1779
  • Davis, Augustine, -1825
  • Clarkson, John, 1764-1828

Dates of Publication

  • 1775-1780

Created / Published

  • Williamsburg, Va. : Alexander Purdie, 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

  • volumes : illustrations ; 45 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn84024742

OCLC Number

  • 11078816

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Chicago citation style:

The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg, Va. -1780. (Williamsburg, VA), Jan. 1 1775. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn84024742/.

APA citation style:

(1775, January 1) The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg, Va. -1780. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/sn84024742/.

MLA citation style:

The Virginia Gazette Williamsburg, Va. -1780. (Williamsburg, VA) 1 Jan. 1775. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, aj.sunback.homes/item/sn84024742/.