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Newspaper Collection

United States and World Newspapers

Preface

This listing of the MCHA's Monmouth County newspapers is an update of the 1976 publication of Stellhorn and Wright's Directory of New Jersey Newspapers 1765-1970. It follows this publication's layout and, except in a few cases, uses its date spans and name changes.

The newspapers are grouped by town and within the town, alphabetically by newspaper title. (The appendix lists the newspaper titles alphabetically, with references to the town of publication.) An index to the newspapers is noted, when one is known to exist. Newspapers and serials published by schools and organizations are filed within the school or organization's manuscript collection and are noted in those collections' finding aids.

The date spans held by the MCHA are noted as being in either microfilm [mf] or hard copy [hc]. Hard copies of newspapers may not be photocopied.

The following symbols are used to denote frequency of publication:

d daily

w weekly

bw biweekly

trw triweekly

m monthly

q quarterly

irr irregular

[ ] incomplete run

All hard copies, unless otherwise noted

ENGLAND

The Chelmsford Chronicle.

MCHA holdings:

1778 Aug 28

FRANCE

The New York Herald - European Edition. (Paris)

MCHA holdings:

1919 April 11

MEXICO

Yankee Doodle.

MCHA holdings:

1847 Dec 6 [v. 1, n. 4]

SCOTLAND

The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany. (Edinburgh) m.

MCHA holdings:

1806 June [article on Sandy Hook]
1812 April [article on the War of 1812]

UNITED STATES of AMERICA

California

Centennial Spirit of the Times (San Francisco).

MCHA holdings:

1876 Jul 4 [Article on Leland's Hotel, Long Branch]

Connecticut

Hartford Times (Hartford). d, 1839 Jan 14 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1932 Mar
1937 Jan - 1945 March [Genealogy Sections only]

District of Columbia

The Daily Madisonian, (Washington). d

MCHA holdings:

1843 Mar 23

National Intelligencer (Washington). tw, 1810 Nov. 27 - 1869 June

MCHA holdings:

1819 Dec 7 [Extra: President's Message]
1826 Dec 5 [Extra: President's Message]

National Tribune (Washington). w.

MCHA holdings:

1913 Jul 3 - Oct 30
1913 Nov 13 - 1914 Feb 26
1914 Mar 19 - Jun 25
1914 Jul 9 - Dec 31
1915 Feb 25 - 1916 Jan 20
1916 Apr 6 - Aug 10, 24 - Oct 5

Washington Post (Washington). d. 1877 Dec 6 - 1954 Mar 17

MCHA holdings:

1933 Mar 4, 5 [FDR inauguration]

Maryland

Maryland Journal and the Baltimore Advertiser.

MCHA holdings:

1773 Aug 20 [v. 1, n. 1, reprint; General Monckton made Commander in Chief of the East India Company forces]

Massachusetts

The Atlantic Monthly (Boston). m, 1857 Nov - 1932 June

MCHA holdings:

1865 Aug

The Boston Daily Globe (Boston). d, 1872 Mar 4 - 1960 Apr 24.
Published Sundays as The Boston Sunday Globe, 1877 Oct 21 - 1960.

MCHA holdings:

1881 Jan 1

Columbian Centinel & Massachusetts Federalist
Previously the Columbian Centinel (1790 - 1799 Oct 5); followed by Columbian Centinel from 1804. Name varied to Columbian Centinel, Massachusetts Federalist (1800 Jul 5 - 1803 Apr 30). (Boston). Semi-weekly, 1799 Oct 5 - 1804 Sept 1

MCHA holdings:

1802 Dec 8

The Massachusetts Centinel. (Boston) semi-weekly, 1784 - 1790

MCHA holdings:

1789 July 18

New England Farmer, and Horticultural Register. (Boston) w, 1822 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1839 Dec 18

Thomas's Massachusetts Son, or, American Oracle of Liberty.

MCHA holdings:

1778 Jul 23 [Geo. Washington's accont of the Battle of Monmouth; plus Gen. Lee's letter]

The Youth's Companion (Boston). w.

MCHA holdings:

1865 Jun 29, Jul 13

New York

American Messenger (New York City). m
Published in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinati and New Orleans by the American Tract Society.

MCHA holdings:

1854 Feb
1856 Apr
1869 Jun - Dec
1870 Jan - Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec
1871 Feb - Sep, Nov, Dec

The American Review and Literary Journal. (New York City) q. 1801 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1801 Jul/Aug/Sept

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn). d. 1849 - 1938

MCHA holdings:

1882 Dec 1
1883 May 24

Brother Jonathan.

MCHA holdings:

1862 Mar 22

The Child's Paper (New York City). m
Published by the American Tract Society in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, New Orleans, San Francisco, Chicago, St. Louis, Rochester.

MCHA holdings:

1858 July [v. 7 n. 7]
1869 Mar, Jun - Oct, Dec
1870 Jan - Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec
1871 Feb - Sep, Nov, Dec
1872 Feb

The Chronicle.

MCHA holdings:

1864 Apr 21

The Daily Graphic: An Illustrated Evening Newspaper (New York City). d. 1873 - 1889

MCHA holdings:

1878 Jun 27 [Several views and information on Freehold]

Demorest's Illustrated Monthly. (New York City) m.

MCHA holdings:

1865 Mar
1865 Apr
1865 July

Edmund Charles & Co's New York Bank Note List, Counterfeit Detector, Wholesale Prices Current, and General Banking and Commercial Journal. (New York City) w.

MCHA holdings:

1849 Feb 10

The Evening Post. d. 1832 - 1920

MCHA holdings:

1901 Nov 16 [Supplement]

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization (New York City). w

MCHA holdings:

1868 Jan 25 [Info and pictures of Jersey Shore wreckers]

The Industrial Recorder (New York City). m, 1902 Jan - ?

MCHA holdings:

1904 Jun [v. 3, n. 6; Contains illustrations of Red Bank, Long Branch, Freehold, Matawan, Keyport, Atlantic Highlands and Seabright]

Life Illustrated (New York City). w

MCHA holdings:

1858 Nov 20 [photocopy; includes an article on the Freehold Institute]

Literature: An Illustrated Weekly Magazine. (New York City) w, 1888 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1888 Apr 14

The Long Island Star (Brooklyn). bw

MCHA holdings:

1837 May 11 [Article describing Native Americans whaling off Sandy Hook]

Mail & Express. d

MCHA holdings:

1889 Apr 29, 30 [Souvenir of inaugeration of Geo. Washington]

The Man (New York City). d, 1834 Mar 3 - 1835

MCHA holdings:

1834 Mar 4

The Mining Journal and American Rail-Road Gazette
Also published in Boston. (New York City). sm

MCHA holdings:

1848 Feb 2 [v. 1, n. 17]

News From Home (New York City). qtr
Published by the Home Fleet of Insurance Companies

MCHA holdings:

1946 Autumn [v. 7, n. 5]

The New York Age (New York City). w. 1887 - 1953
The "Leading Negro Newspaper." Published by T. Thomas Fortune, who lived in Red Bank.

MCHA holdings:

1913 Sep 25

The New-York Atlas Magazine (New York City). sm

MCHA holdings:

1834 Jan 1 [v. 1, n. 1]
1834 Jan 15 - Aug 15

New York Commercial Advertiser (New York City). d.

MCHA holdings:

1835 Jan 28
1883 Jan 23

New York Daily Tribune (New York City). d. 1842 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1842 Aug 22, Nov 2
1862 Feb 4
1864 May 28, Oct 15, Nov 15
1865 Apr 19; Oct 21; Dec 6, 20
1867 Feb 4

The New Yorker. (New York City). w.

MCHA holdings:

1839 May 25

New York Evening Express. d. 1839 - 1881

MCHA holdings:

[1862 Jan 7 - 1866 Aug]

New York Evening Post (New York City). d. 1801 - 1832

MCHA holdings:

1828 Oct 10

New York Herald (New York City). d. 1840 - 1920

MCHA holdings:

1847 Jun 14
1859 Dec 3
1860 Jun 25
1861 Feb 2; May 3, 4, 7, 8, 16
1862 Jan 1, 9, 11, 13-15; Feb 12; Sep 23
1863 Nov 28
1864 Apr 6, 25; May 7, 9, 11, 21, 23, 28; Jul 14; Aug 25; Oct 14, 30
1864 Nov 13, 19, 21, 29
1865 Apr 9, 15, 16, 20-22; May 6, 10, 11, 21, 22, 29; Jun 12, 26
1865 Dec 7, 24
1866 Apr 10
1867 Apr 28; Dec 3
1879 Mar 23
1881 Feb 22; Mar 4, 5, 20; Jul 30; Sep 7, 20 [incomplete issues]
1884 Jun 12
1908 Jun 25

New York Herald Tribune (New York City). d. 1926 - 1966

MCHA holdings:

1939 Jun 9-12

The New-York Journal or the Weekly Register (New York City). w, 1785 Jun 23 - 1787 Jan 11.
Previously The New-York Journal, and The General Advertiser. Continued by The New-York Journal, and Weekly Register as of 1787 Jan 18.

MCHA holdings:

1786 Oct 5 [interleaved with New-Jersey Gazette on microfilm]

The New-York Mirror: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts (New York City). w. 1831 Jul 9 - 1840 Dec 19.
Previously New-York Mirror: A Repository of Polite Literature and the Arts (1830 July 10 - 1831 July 2); Followed by New-York Mirror; A Weekly Gazette of Literature and the Fine Arts (until 1843 April 1)

MCHA holdings:

1832 July 7 ­ 1833 June 29 [v. 10, n. 1-52]

New York Observer (New York City). w, 1823 - 1912

MCHA holdings:

1825 Mar 12; Apr 16, 30; May 7; Jul 2; Aug 20; Sep 10; Oct 1, 15, 22
1825 Nov 12 - Dec 3; Dec 24, 31

New York Semi-Weekly Times (New York City).

MCHA holdings:

1874 Jul 31

The New York Times (New York City). d. 1857 - present

MCHA holdings:

1861 Sep 16 [Article regarding the steamboat OCEAN WAVE and Civil War service -- the OCEAN WAVE ran in Monmouth County]
1941 Dec 12 [U.S. enters World War II]

New York Transcript (New York City). d

MCHA holdings:

1834 Oct 4 - 1835 Jan 31

New York Tribune (New York City). d. 1866 - 1924
Previously New York Daily Tribune. Became New York Herald Tribune.

MCHA holdings:

1878 Nov 4 [Extra , n. 46: Christ's Second Coming] MCHA holdings:

1881 Jul 4
1915 Mar 7

New York Weekly Tribune (New York City). w, 1841 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1842 Oct 8, 22
1844 Mar 9
1845 Jun 7, Aug 2, Nov 8
1846 Aug 15
1847 Oct 2

The New York World (New York City). d

MCHA holdings:

1881 Sep 27

Ontario County Journal (Canandaigua). w. 1874 - 1930

MCHA holdings:

1900 Mar 30

Otsego Herald (Otsego). w. 1805 - 1821

MCHA holdings:

1812 Aug 8 [War of 1812 invasion of Canada]

The Plaindealer (New York City). w?

MCHA holdings:

1837 Jun 24 (v. 1, n. 30)

The Suburbanite. (New York City) m, 1902 - ?
"For those who are and those who ought to be interested in suburban homes." Published by the Passenger Department, Central Railroad of New Jersey.

MCHA holdings:

1907 Aug [includes info on Monmouth County]

The Sun (New York City). d, 1833 Sep 3 - 1950

MCHA holdings:

1834 May 6
1865 Apr 17 [Death of President Lincoln]
1876 Apr 14
1878 Feb 16
1878 Jun 28, 29
1879 Apr 13
1881 Sep 20 [Death of President Garfield]
1882 Jul 17
1885 Jul 15
1892 Mar 17
1913 June 20 [Monmouth County advertisements]
1933 Mar 6, Sep 2

The Time-Piece. (New York City). Tri-weekly. 1797 - 1798
Printed by Philip Freneau and M.L. Davis

MCHA holdings:

1797 Oct 23
1797 Nov 3, 10, 13, 17, 20
1797 Dec 6

The World (New York City). d

MCHA holdings:
1865 Apr 17 [Death of President Lincoln]
1881 Jan 23, Aug 7
1888 Mar 13

Ohio

The Franklin Chronicle (Worthington). w

MCHA holdings:

1913 Aug 21, 28 [History of NJ Presbyterian Church, including Old Tennent]

Pennsylvania

The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces &c. (Philadelphia) m, 1787 Jan - 1789 Dec.
Followed by The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine; Containing Essays on Agriculture - Commerce - Manufactures - Politics - Morals - and Manners... (1790 Jan - 1792 Dec)

MCHA holdings:

1787 May, Aug
1788 Nov

The American Museum, or, Universal Magazine; Containing Essays on Agriculture - Commerce - Manufactures - Politics - Morals - and Manners...
Followed The American Museum, or, Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces &c. (Philadelphia). m, 1790 Jan - 1792 Dec

MCHA holdings:

1790 May
1791 Oct
1792 Aug

Boys' and Girls' Penny Journal (Philadelphia). m/w, 1848 Jan - ?

MCHA holdings:

1848 Jan - Dec 16 [Missing 1848 Sep 23]

Daily Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia). d. 1846 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1861 Apr 30; May 1 [April 30, May 3: NJ Volunteers to Civil War service]

Gazette of the United States and Philadelphia Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia). d. 1976 - 1800

MCHA holdings:

1798 Jul 2

The Legal Intelligencer (Philadelphia). w, 1844 - ?

MCHA holdings:

1882 Oct 27

The Monthly Register, Magazine, and Review, of the United States. New Series. (Philadelphia) m, 1804 Dec - ?

MCHA holdings:

1807 Dec

National Gazette. (Philadelphia), Semi-weekly, 1791 Oct 31 - 1793 Oct 26
Published by Philip Freneau

 
MCHA holdings:

1791-1793 [microfilm]

1793 No. 38
1793 June 29 [no. 70]
1793 Aug 14
1793 Oct 2, 12

 

North Philadelphia Journal and Advertiser (Philadelphia). m, 1874 - ?

MCHA holdings:

 1880 Jan

The Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia). w, 1729 - 1815 Oct 11

MCHA holdings:

1772 Sept 3

The Press (Philadelphia). d

MCHA holdings:

1864 Jun 13 [List of Civil War injured and deserters]

Relt's Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia). d

MCHA holdings:

1811 Jul 1 [Prelude to the War of 1812; rescue of a sailor off Sandy Hook]

The Times (Philadelphia) d, 1875 Mar 13 - 1902 May 31
Continues Illustrated New Age and continued by Philadelphia Times

MCHA holdings:

1881 May 21

United States' Gazette For The County (Philadelphia). 1804 Feb 20 - 1818 Mar 7

MCHA holdings:

1816 Dec 18 [Establishment of Congressional Districts for elections]

Rhode Island

The Bristol Phenix (Bristol). w

MCHA holdings:

1861 Jul 27

Herald of the United States (Warren).

MCHA holdings:

1795 May 16 [v. 4, n. 14]

Pawtucket Gazette and Chronicle (Pawtucket). w

MCHA holdings:

1881 Sep 16 [Description of President Garfield's trip to Elberon, immediately preceeding his death]

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