This is a list of newspapers on microformat that were published during the American Revolutionary Era. This era begins in 1763 with the end of the French & Indian War and ends in 1789 with the start of the new national government under George Washington. Only those titles held at the IUB Wells Library are included. Many of these holdings are incomplete so, please check IUCAT for specifics.
Online access to most of these is available through Early American Newspapers to IU affiliates.
For more information see Periodical Literature on the American Revolution, 1895-1970.
Some historical newspapers are also freely available online through the Library of Congress' Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers database.
Click on the state you are interested in to see a listing of its Revolutionary Era newspapers.
Connecticut
| Collier's Litchfield Weekly Monitor | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT10 | Jan. 7-Feb. 11 1788 |
| Connecticut Courant | MFMFLM-- AN33 | 1764-1779 |
| Connecticut Courant | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT3 | Oct. 29 1764-July 20 1773; Oct. 19 1773-May 31 1774 |
| Connecticut Courant and Hartford Weekly Intelligencer | MFMFLM-- AN33 | 1774-1778 |
| Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer | MFMFLM-- AN33 | 1779-1789 |
| Connecticut Courant, and the Weekly Intelligencer | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT3 | 1778-1789 |
| Connecticut Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT2 | 1787-1789 |
| Connecticut Gazette; and the Universal Intelligencer | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT2 | Jan. 14 1774-May 4 1787 |
| Connecticut Journal | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT9 | 1775-1820 |
| Connecticut Journal and New-Haven Post-Boy | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT9 | 1767-1775 |
| Fairfield Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.F35 F35 | Feb 1786-Sept 1789 |
| Litchfield Weekly Monitor | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT10 | June 23, 1788 |
| Middlesex Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT4 | 1785-1787 |
| Middlesex Gazette, or, Federal Adviser. | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT4 | 1787-1789 |
| New Haven Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT1 | 1784-1786 |
| New-Haven Chronicle | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT1 | 1786-1787 |
| New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine | MFMFLM-- AP41 Reel 20 | 1786-1788 |
| New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT1 | 1786-1789 |
| New-London Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT2 | Nov. 18 1763-Oct. 1 1773 |
| Norwich Packet | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT7 | 1777-1779 |
| Norwich Packet and the Connecticut, Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, and Rhode-Island Weekly Advertiser |
MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT7 | Nov. 4 1773-Dec. 22 1777 |
| Norwich Packet, or, the Chronicle of Freedom. | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT7 | 1783-1785 |
| Norwich Packet; and the Weekly Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT7 | 1779-1782 |
| Norwich-Packet, or, the Country Journal | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT7 | 1785-1789 |
| Weekly Monitor | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E115 CT10 | 1785-1789 |
Georgia
| Georgia Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E12 GA1 | 1763-1770 |
Kentucky
| Kentucke Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2 .K3 | Aug. 1787-Mar 1789 |
| Kentucky Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2 .K3 | 1789 |
Maine
| Cumberland Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.P77 C8 | July 1786-Dec. 1789 |
Maryland
| Palladium of Freedom, or, the Baltimore Daily Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E128 MD3 | Aug. 1787 |
Massachusetts
| American Herald | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA5 | 1784-1788 |
| American Herald and the Worcester Recorder | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA5 | 1788-1789 |
| American Herald, and the General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA5 | 1784 |
| American Recorder, and the Charlestown Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C475 A4 | 1785-1787 |
| Boston Evening-Post, and the General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA5 | 1781-1784 |
| Boston News-Letter and New-England Chronicle | MFMFLM-- AN7 | 1763-1765 |
| Boston News-Letter and New-England Chronicle | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA2 | 1762-1763 |
| Boston Post-boy & advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA11 | 1763-1769 |
| Boston Weekly News-Letter | MFMFLM-- AN7 | 1766-1770 |
| Censor | MFMFLM-- AN2.B7 B7 | 1771-1772 |
| Censor | MFMFLM-- AP41 Reel 8 | 1771-1772 |
| Continental Journal, and Weekly Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA13 | 1776-1787 |
| Courier de Boston | MFMFLM-- AP41 Reel 10 | 1789 |
| Courier de Boston, affiches, annonces, et avis. |
MFMFLM-- AN21.B7 C6 | 1789 |
| Essex Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA8 | 1768-1775 |
| Essex Journal & New-Hampshire Packet | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1786-1789 |
| Essex Journal and Merrimack Packet, or, the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser |
MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1773-1775 |
| Essex Journal and the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1784-1786 |
| Essex Journal, and New-Hampshire Packet | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1775-1776 |
| Essex Journal, or, New-Hampshire Packet | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1775 |
| Essex Journal, or, the Massachusetts and New-Hampshire General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1775 |
| Essex Journal, or, the New-Hampshire Packet, and the Weekly Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA35 | 1776 |
| Herald of Freedom, and the Federal Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA6 | 1788-1789 |
| Independent Chronicle | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA16 | 1776 |
| Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA16 | 1776-1801 |
| Independent Ledger and American Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA14 | 1778-1786 |
| Massachusetts Centinel | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA15 | 1784-1789 |
| Massachusetts Centinel, and the Republican Journal. | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA15 | 1784 |
| Massachusetts Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN7 | July-oct 1788 |
| Massachusetts Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA9 | 1785-1788 |
| Massachusetts Gazette and Boston News-Letter | MFMFLM-- AN7 | 1763-1768 |
| Massachusetts Gazette, and the Boston Post-Boy and Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA11 | 1769-1775 |
| Massachusetts Gazette: and the Boston Weekly News-Letter | MFMFLM-- AN7 | 1766-1788 |
| Massachusetts Gazette: and the Boston Weekly News-Letter | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA2 | Sep. 28 1769-Feb. 29 1776 |
| Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA19 | 1775-1778 |
| Massachusetts Spy, or, Thomas's Boston Journal | MFMFLM-- AN2.B7 B7 | 1772-1775 |
| New-England Chronicle | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA8 | 1776 |
| New-England Chronicle, or, the Essex Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA8 | 1775-1776 |
| Plymouth Journal, and the Massachusetts Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.P74 P5 | 1785-1786 |
| Salem Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA9 | 1781-1785 |
| Salem Mercury | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA20 | 1788-1789 |
| Salem Mercury: Political, Commercial, and Moral | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA20 | 1786-1788 |
| Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, American Oracle of Liberty | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA19 | 1778-1781 |
| Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, or, the Worcester Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E13 MA19 | 1781-1789 |
| Western Star, the | MFMFLM-- AN2.S73 W47 | Dec. 1789 |
| Worcester Magazine | MFMFLM-- AP41 Reel 33 | 1786-1788 |
New Hampshire
| Exeter Journal, or, New Hampshire Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.E95 E9 | Feb-May 1778 |
| Exeter Journal, or, the New-Hampshire Gazette and Tuesday's General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.E95 E9 | 1778-1779 |
| Fowle's New-Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH9 | 1784-1787 |
| Freeman's Journal, or, New-Hampshire Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH9 | 1776-1778 |
| Hampshire Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.N55 H2 | Sept. 1786-Dec. 1789 |
| New Hampshire Spy | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH13 | 1786-1789 |
| New-Hampshire Gazette and General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH9 | 1781-1789 |
| New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH9 | 1763-1776 |
| New-Hampshire Gazette, or, State Journal and General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH9 | 1778-1781 |
| New-Hampshire Mercury and General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH1 | 1784-1788 |
| New-Hampshire Recorder and the Weekly Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.K25 N49 | Aug. 1787-Dec. 1789 |
| Osborne's New-Hampshire Spy | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E14 NH13 | 1789 |
New Jersey
| New-Jersey Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E144 NJ1 | 1777-1786 |
| New-Jersey Journal, and Political Intelligencer | MFMFLM-- AN2.E4 N4 | May 1786-Dec 1789 |
| Newport Herald | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E16 RI1 | 1787-1789 |
| Political Intelligencer and New-Jersey Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.N394 N4 | 1783-1786 |
New York
| Albany Journal, or, the Montgomery, Washington and Columbia Intelligencer |
MFMFLM-- AN2.A32 A4 | Feb 1788-May 1789 |
| Constitutional Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY19 | Aug. 9 1775-Aug. 28 1776 |
| Daily Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY38 | 1787-1789 |
| Daily Advertiser, Political, Commercial, and Historical | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY38 | 1785 |
| Daily Advertiser; Political, Historical, and Commercial | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY38 | 1785-1787 |
| Impartial Gazetteer, and Saturday's Evening Post |
MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 W3 | May-Sept. 1788 |
| Impartial Gazetteer, and Saturday's Evening Post |
MFMFLM-- AP80 Reel 561 | 1788 |
| Independent Gazette, or, the New-York Journal Revived | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N69 | dec 1783-mar 1784 |
| Independent Journal, or, the General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 I5 | 1783-1788 |
| Independent New-York Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N69 | nov/dec 1783 |
| Loudon's New-York Packet | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N8 | 1784-1786 |
| New York Packet, and the American Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N8 | nov 1783-nov.1784 |
| New-York Chronicle | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY19 | May 8 1769-Jan. 4 1770 |
| New-York Daily Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 I52 | Dec 1788-Dec1789 |
| New-York Gazette, and the Weekly Mercury | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY5 | 1768-1783 |
| New-York Gazetteer, or, Northern Intelligencer | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N6 | 1782-1784 |
| New-York Journal, and Daily Patriotic Register | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N7 | Mar 1784-Dec 1787 |
| New-York Journal, and State Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N7 | 1784-1785 |
| New-York Journal, and the General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N7 | 1785 |
| New-York Journal, and Weekly Register | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N7 | 1787-Dec 1789 |
| New-York Journal, or, General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN11 | 1766-1768 |
| New-York Journal, or, General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY21 | 1766-1776 |
| New-York Journal, or, The weekly Register | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N7 | 1785-1787 |
| New-York Packet | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 N8 | May 1785-Jan. 1792 |
| New-York Weekly Museum | MFMFLM-- AN2.N5 W3 | Sept 1788-Dec 1789 |
| New-York Weekly Museum | MFMFLM-- AP80 Reel 561 | 1788-1789 |
| Rivington's New York Loyal Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY1 | 1777 |
| Rivington's New-York gazette, and Universal Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY1 | 1783 |
| Rivington's New-York Gazetteer or, the Connecticut, New-Jersey, Hudson's-River, and Quebec Weekly Advertiser |
MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY1 | 1773-1775; 1777 |
| Royal Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY1 | 1777-1783 |
North Carolina
| North-Carolina Magazine, or, Universal Intelligencer | MFMFLM-- AP41 Reel 23 | 1764-1765 |
Pennsylvania
| American Herald, and General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.P54 A35 | June-July 1784 |
| Carey's Pennsylvania Evening Herald | MFMFLM-- AN13 | Jan 1785-Dec 1786 |
| Carlisle Gazette, and the Western Repository of Knowledge | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA7 | 1785-1789 |
| Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, or, the General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN19 | 1771-1776 |
| Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet, or, the General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA14 | 1773-1777 |
| Federal Gazette, and Philadelphia Evening Post | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA9 | 1788-1789 |
| Freeman's Journal, or, the North-American Intelligencer | MFMFLM-- AN9 | 1781-1789 |
| Freeman's Journal, or, the North-American Intelligencer | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA8 | 1781-1789 |
| Gazette of the United States | MFMFLM-- AN54 | Apr-Dec 1789 |
| Henrich Millers Pennsylvanischer Staatsbote | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA11 | May 23-Sep. 5 1775; Nov. 24 1775-Dec. 3 1776; Apr. 16 1777-May 26 1779 |
| Independent gazetteer, or, the Chronicle of Freedom | MFMFLM-- AN10 | 1782-1789 |
| Pennsylvania Chronicle, and Universal Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN12 | 1767-1774 |
| Pennsylvania Evening Herald, and the American Monitor | MFMFLM-- AN13 | 1785-1786 |
| Pennsylvania Evening Post | MFMFLM-- AN16 | 1775-1779 |
| Pennsylvania Evening Post | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA3 | 1775-1781 |
| Pennsylvania Evening Post, and Daily Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA3 | 1783-1784 |
| Pennsylvania Evening Post, and Public Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA3 | 1781-1783 |
| Pennsylvania Gazette and Weekly Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN17 | 1779-1789 |
| Pennsylvania Herald, and General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN13 | Nov. 1785-Feb. 1788 |
| Pennsylvania ledger, or, The Philadelphia market-day advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN14 | 1777-1778 |
| Pennsylvania Ledger, or, the Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, & New-Jersey Weekly Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN14 | 1775-1776 |
| Pennsylvania Ledger, or, the Weekly Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN14 | 1777 |
| Pennsylvania Ledger, or, the Weekly Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA20 | 1777 |
| Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN15 | 1784-1789 |
| Pennsylvania Mercury and Universal Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA15 | Aug. 1784-Nov. 1786; Feb. 1787-1789 |
| Pennsylvania Mercury; and the Universal Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA29 | 1775 |
| Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN19 | 1781-1789 |
| Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA14 | 1784-1789 |
| Pennsylvania Packet, and General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN19 | 1783-1784 |
| Pennsylvania Packet, and the General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN19 | 1771-1773 |
| Pennsylvania Packet, or, the General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN19 | 1776-1780 |
| Pennsylvania Packet, or, the General Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA14 | 1777-1783 |
| Pennsylvanische Gazette, Oder Der Allgemeine Amerikanische Zeitungs | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA29 | Feb. 3 1779 |
| Penny Post | MFMFLM-- AP41 Reel 24 | 1769 |
| Royal Pennsylvania Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.P54 R6 | mar-may 1778 |
| Story & Humphreys's Pennsylvania Mercury, and Universal Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA29 | Apr. 14-Dec. 22 1775 |
| Wöchentliche Pennsylvanische Staatsbote | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA11 | Jan. 1768-Oct. 1770; Feb. 12 1771-Dec. 1 1772; Mar. 16-Sep. 7 1773; Dec. 14 1773-May 16 1775 |
| Wöchentliche Philadelphische Staatsbote | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E154 PA11 | 1762-1767 |
Rhode Island
| American Journal, and General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.P93 A4 | 1779-1781 |
| Gazette Françoise | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E16 RI1 | Nov. 17-Dec. 30 1780 |
| Providence Gazette, and Country Journal | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E16 RI3 | 1762-1795 |
| Royal Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E15 NY1 | 1777-1783 |
| United States Chronicle, Political, Commercial, and Historical. | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E16 RI2 | 1784-1789 |
South Carolina
| Charleston Evening Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 C4 | July 1785-Oct 1786 |
| Charleston Morning Post, and Daily Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S6 | Jan 1786-Aug 1787 |
| Charlestown Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S74 reel 9 | 1778-1780 |
| Chronicle of Liberty, or, the Republican Intelligencer | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E165 SC2 | Mar. 25, 1783 |
| City Gazette, and the Daily Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S6 | 1787-1788 |
| Columbian Herald, or the Patriotic Courier of North-America | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E165 SC1 | 1784-1785 |
| Columbian Herald, or, the Independent Courier of North-America | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E165 SC1 | 1785-1789 |
| Gazette of the State of South-Carolina | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S74 reel 7 | 1777-1780 |
| Royal Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S74 reel 11-12 | 1781-1782 |
| Royal South-Carolina Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S74 reel 11 | 1780-1782 |
| South Carolina State Gazette and Daily Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S5 | Nov. 1784-July 1785 |
| South Carolina State Gazette, and General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S5 | Oct. -Nov. 1784 |
| South-Carolina & American General Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S74 reel 9-11 | 1764-1781 |
| South-Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S5 | 1783-1785 |
| South-Carolina Gazette, and Public Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S6 | Mar. 1784-Jan. 1785 |
| South-Carolina Gazette; and Country Journal | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S74 reel 7-9 | 1769-1773 |
| South-Carolina Gazette; and Country Journal | MFMFLM-- AN2 .S7 | 1765-1774 |
| South-Carolina Weekly Advertiser | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E165 SC2 | Feb-Apr 1783 |
| South-Carolina Weekly Gazette | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S6 | 1783-1786 |
| State Gazette of South-Carolina | MFMFLM-- AN2.C4 S64 | Mar 1785-Dec. 1786 |
Virginia
| Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E173 VA3 | 1789 |
Vermont
| Vermont Gazette | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E17 VT8 | 1784-1789 |
| Vermont Gazette, or, Freemen's Depository | MFMPRINT-- AN2 .E17 VT8 | 1783-1784 |
| Vermont Journal and the Universal Advertiser | MFMFLM-- AN2.W78 V4 | 1783-1789 |
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