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Primary Sources: Historical U.S. Newspapers

Introduction - American Newspapers, 1800-1860 - LibGuides at University of  Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignA printer's shop, from a Flemish series illustrating new inventions, c. 1580-1605. British MuseumHistory of Newspapers In America

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The Library of Congress's website, Chronicling America has a search engine that will identify United States newspapers that were available in a particular place and time. 

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A complete list of newspapers is available at Google News Archive. That list is arranged by title of the newspaper and provides access to a browsable list of all issues available.

In order to search the newspapers in Google News Archive, do a search in a Google search box that includes the term(s) for which you wish to search and include the phrase "site:news.google.com/newspapers" (without the quotation marks) in the search box. For example, to search for articles about Pearl Harbor, do the search:

site:news.google.com/newspapers "pearl harbor"

The fight for the future of America's local newspapers | Financial TimesYour readers need to know they can count on you | by roydiehl | MediumVintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of  That Grossly Antisocial Device: The Smartphone ~ Vintage Everyday

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