America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 allows users to search more than 1,500 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states.

Series I, 1690-1876. This is a collection of 710 titles listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820, and in additional subsequent bibliographies.

Series II, 1758-1900. This collection of 250 titles focuses on the period between 1820 and 1860.

Series III, 1829-1922. This collection of 135 titles focuses on period between 1861 and 1900 including Civil War, Reconstruction, the Progressive Era and beyond.

Series IV, 1757-1922. This collection of 140 titles includes The Liberator, New Orleans Daily Creole, the first African-American newspaper in America, the Springfield Republican, the Gaceta de Texas, the first newspaper in Texas, the New York Herald, Albany Gazette, Boston Press and Post, Chicago Inter Ocean, Charleston Courier, Nebraska Press, Austin City Gazette, Hawaiian Gazette.

Series V, 1777-1922. This collection of 140 titles includes the North Star, the famous anti-slavery newspaper founded by Frederick Douglass, the Steamer Pacific News, a nationally popular publication that covered the Gold Rush; Hokubei Jiji (The North American), the first Japanese-language newspaper in the Pacific Northwest; and the Nevada Territorial Enterprise, where Mark Twain worked

Series VI, 1741-1922. This collection of 160 titles includes Detroit Plaindealer, Detroit’s first successful black newspaper; The Colored American, which provided detailed coverage of the Amistad revolt; Argus of Western America, an early Kentucky paper and a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson; and the Arkansas Gazette, one of the first papers west of the Mississippi.

Series VII, 1773-1922. This collection of 160 titles includes New Orleans' Times-Picayune, established in 1837 and The Oregonian, founded in 1850. Also included here are the Courier de la Louisiane, a bilingual Creole title; Frederick Douglass’ Paper, the successor to the influential North Star, the title that marked the beginning of a separate black press; the California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, a pioneer of early natural history writing; the Charleston Mercury, a strong supporter of slavery; the Savannah Republican, one of the few Southern newspapers that published throughout the Civil War; and the Southern Illustrated News.

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