Farrar  Collection of Historical  Newspapers

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85 American Newspapers 1801- 1806

1801

 June 10            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                4 Acts signed by John Adams

June 13            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Admiral Nelson and the Danes

June 20            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                The Lord’s Day

June 24            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Jefferson… Rhode Island

June 27            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                European News

July 1               Columbian Centinel (Boston)                War in Egypt

July 4               Columbian Centinel (Boston)                War in Egypt

July 11             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Anti-Jefferson article

July 15             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Alexander I Czar of Russia

July 18             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Poem about the USS Constitution

July 25             Columbian Centinel (Boston)                War in Egypt

Sept. 10           Boston Gazette                                         St. Domingo is Independent / Lion ad

Sept. 23           Massachusetts Spy (Worchester)        The Losers of Truth

Nov. 5             Boston Gazette                                         Anti-Jefferson / Lady Hamilton & Nelson

Nov. 30           Jenk’s Portland Gazette                           Anti-Jefferson

Dec. 11            Philadelphia Gazette                                 Jefferson’s State of the Union Message

 1802

 March 8           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Shipwreck

May 10            Republican (Baltimore)                             12th Amendment debated in Congress

May 10            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            English-French Peace Treaty

May 11            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            The Lies in the Gazette

May 17            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Scandal in the Treasury Department

May 20            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Tobias Lear / Hayti

May 24            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Treasury Report

June 3              Salem (Massachusetts) Register            The death of Martha Washington

July 19             Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Bonaparte

July 19             Connecticut (Hartford) Courant            John Rutledge’s speech

July 23             Gazette of the U.S. (Philadelphia)          Anti-Jefferson

Aug. 2              Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Jackson duel

Aug. 16            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Letter to James Callender

Aug. 26            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Callender and Hamilton

Aug. 30            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            New System of Geography

Sept. 16           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Callender and Jefferson

Sept. 20           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Bonaparte

Sept. 23           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Jefferson abused

Sept. 30           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            A Federalist and a Republican compared

Oct. 18             Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Federal Intelligence

Oct. 25             Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Address to the People of New England

Oct. 28             Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Impudent Falsehoods

Nov. 1             Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Massachusetts Thanksgiving

Nov. 2             The Bee (Hudson, NY)                             Political Party Strengths 1800-1802

Nov. 4             Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Liverpool Fire

Nov. 11           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Bonaparte politics / Black Sally lies

Nov. 25           Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Thomas Paine

Dec. 20            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Parachute / Mississippi Territory

Dec. 23            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Features of Federalism

Dec. 25            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Jefferson’s State of the Union Message

Dec. 27            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            Jefferson’s State of the Union Message

Dec. 30            Salem (Massachusetts) Register            General Moreau

 1803

 Jan. 27             Boston Gazette                                       President’s Message / Free Press

Apr. 13            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Robbery and Cruelty

July 26             New-England Palladium                        Louisiana Treaty

July 29             New-England Palladium                        Peace shaken in Europe

Aug. 5              New-England Palladium                       Croswell’s Free Press Trial

Aug. 16            New-England Palladium                       Louisiana / Yellow Fever

Sept. 27           New-England Palladium                        Croswell’s Trial / Voyage of Discovery

Nov. 1             New-England Palladium                         Louisiana Treaty

 1804

 Apr. 2              Aurora (Philadelphia)                            Two Acts signed by Jefferson and Burr

Apr. 20            Aurora (Philadelphia)                            12th Amendment approved

Apr. 28            Aurora (Philadelphia)                            Jefferson’s daughter dies

May 4              New-England Palladium                        Hayti [Haiti]/ Tripoli Prisoners

July 4               Connecticut (Hartford) Courant           Lewis and Clark and Sacajawea

July 10             New-England Palladium                        Yellow Fever / Napoleon I

July 12             Eastern Argus (Portland)                      Impressed Seamen / Rape and Murder

Oct. 19             New-England Palladium                        Louis XVIII poisoned?

Nov. 28           True Republican (Norwich, CT)            Benedict Arnold’s wife dies

Dec. 11            The Repertory (Boston)                        Louisiana / “British Spy in Boston”

 1805

 Sept. 3             The Repertory (Boston)                        Jefferson’s woes

Dec. 13            Farmer’s Museum (Walpole, NH)        Napoleon / Pocahontas

Dec. 17            American Citizen (NY)                           Rumor Murat and Bernadotte killed

 1806

 Apr. 2              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Ex-Bashaw of Tripoli petitions Congress

Apr. 19            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Kine-Box Inoculation

May 22            Northern Post (NY)                                 Congressional Report / Gibraltar

June 16            Portland (ME) Gazette                           Senatorial Veracity

July 11             New-England Palladium                        Nelson’s Heirs

July 22             New-England Palladium                        Hurricane / Canal ad

Aug. 5              New-England Palladium                        British battle French Fleet

Aug. 8              New-England Palladium                        Indian Affairs / Western Conspiracy

Aug. 12            New-England Palladium                        Emperor Alexander / Conspiracy

Aug. 22            New-England Palladium                        Senatorial Protest

Aug 26             New-England Palladium                        Kentucky Conspiracy

Sept. 2             New-England Palladium                        “Is there Peace in Europe?”

Sept. 30           New-England Palladium                        Burr plots / Duels / Fire

Oct. 8              Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Rumor on Rumor

Dec. 12            Columbian Centinel (Boston)                Education / Burr Conspiracy

 

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