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Newspapers in 1860, by State

State City Newspaper
Alabama Mobile Mobile daily advertiser
  Montgomery Daily confederation
  Tuscaloosa Independent monitor
Arizona Mesilla Mesilla Times
  Tucson Weekly Arizonian
Arkansas Fort Smith Thirty-fifth parallel
  Helena Helena weekly notebook
  Helena State rights democrat
  Little Rock Arkansas state gazette
  Little Rock Arkansas true democrat
California Sacramento Sacramento daily union
  San Francisco Campaign herald
  San Francisco Daily alta Claifornia
  San Francisco Daily herald and mirror
  San Francisco Mercantile gazette and prices current
  San Francisco San Francisco herald
  San Francisco Steamer bulletin
  San Francisco Weekly bulletin
  San Francisco Weekly herald and mirror
  San Francisco Weekly times
  San Jose San Jose tribune
  San Jose San Jose weekly mercury
  Stockton Weekly San Joaquin republican
Colorado Canon City Canon times
Connecticut Bridgeport Republican farmer
  Danbury Jeffersonian
  Hartford Hartford weekly times.
  New Haven Columbian weekly register.
  New London New London daily star
  Norwich Norwich weekly courier
Delaware Dover Delawarean
  Wilmington Delaware gazettes
  Wilmington Delaware republican
District of Columbia Washington Campaign constitution.
  Washington Congressional globe
  Washington Constitution.
  Washington Daily evening advocate
  Washington Die Metropole.
  Washington Evening star
  Washington National era
  Washington National intelligencer
  Washington National republican
  Washington States and union
  Washington Tagliche metropole
  Washington Washingtoner intelligenzblatt.
  Washington Weekly constitution
  Washington Weekly star
Florida Fernandina Weekly east Floridian
  Tallahassee Weekly Floridian
Georgia Atlanta Daily southern confederacy
  Augusta Daily chronicle & sentinel
  Augusta Daily constitutionalist
  Augusta Weekly constitutionalist
  Columbus Columbus daily times
  Milledgeville Southern recorder
  Savannah Savannah daily republican
Hawaii Honolulu Ka Hoku loa
  Honolulu Pacific commercial advertiser
  Honolulu Polynesian
Illinois Carlinville Carlinville free democrat
  Chicago Chicago daily democrat
  Chicago Chicago daily herald
  Chicago Chicago Daily Journal
  Chicago Chicago times-herald
  Chicago Daily Chicago Post
  Chicago Daily Chicago times
  Galena Weekly Northwestern Gazette
  Jonesboro Jonesboro weekly gazette
  Peoria Daily democratic union
  Pittsfield Pike county journal
  Princeton Bureau county republican
  Quincy Quincy Daily Whig and Republican
  Springfield Illinois state journal
  Springfield Illinois state register
  Sterling Republican and gazette
  Winchester Scott county.news
Indiana Brookville Brookville American
  Connersville Connersville telegraph
  Evansville Evansville daily journal
  Fayette Fayette and union telegraph
  Fort Wayne Dawson's Fort Wayne daily times
  Fort Wayne Fort Wayne sentinel
  Fort Wayne Fort Waynes sentinel
  Indianapolis Indiana state guard
  Indianapolis Indianapolis daily journal
  Indianapolis Old line guard
  La Grange La Grange democrat
  Ligonier Noble county herald
  New Albany New Albany daily ledger
  Paoli American eagle
  Rushville Rushville Jacksonian
  Warsaw Lake city commercial
Iowa Council Bluffs Council Bluffs bugle
  Davenport Daily democrat and news
  Davenport Weekly democrat and news
  Dubuque Dubuque herald
  Pacific City Pacific City Herald
  Vinton Vinton eagle
Kansas Atchison Weekly champion and press
  Atchison. Atchison union
  Iowa Point Iowa Point dispatch
  Junction Citv Junction City statesman
  Kansas City Weekly western argus
  Lawrence Lawrence republican
  Leavenworth Daily evening dispatch
  Leavenworth Kansas weekly herald
  Leavenworth Leavenworth daily tires
  Leavenworth Leavenworth dollar dispatch
  Leavenworth Weekly Leavenworth herald
  Lecompton Kansas national democrat
  Manhatton Manhatton express
  Oskaloosa Kansas state record
  Oskaloosa Oskaloosa independent
  Topeka Topeka tribune
Kentucky Frankfort Tri-weekly Kentucky Yeoman
  Frankfort Weekly Kentucky Yeoman
  Lexington Kentucky statesman
  Louisville Daily Louisville Democrat
  Louisville Louisville daily courier.
  Paducah Paducah tri-weekly herald
  Paris Western citizen
Louisiana Alexandria Louisiana democrat
  Baton Rouge Weekly advocate
  New Orleans Daily delta
  New Orleans Daily picayune
  New Orleans Daily true delta
  New Orleans L'Abeille de la Nouvelle Orleans
  New Orleans Louisiana courier
  New Orleans New Orleans commercial bulletin
  New Orleans New Orleans daily cresent
  New Orleans New Orleans weekly commercial bulletin
  New Orleans New Orleans weekly true delta
  New Orleans Sunday delta
  New Orleans Weekly picayune
Maine Bangor Bangor daily union
  Bangor Bangor daily whig and courier
  Bangor Democrat
  Belfast Republican journal
  Portland Daily eastern Argus
  Saco Maine democrat
Maryland Baltimore American and commercial advertiser
  Baltimore Baltimore American
  Baltimore Baltimore clipper
  Baltimore Baltimore evening patriot
  Baltimore Baltimore republican
  Baltimore Baltimore weekly sun
  Baltimore Daily exchange.
  Baltimore National democrat
  Baltimore Sun
  Baltimore True union
  Baltimore Weekly clipper
  Bel Air National American
  Bel Air Southern aegis
  Cumberland Civilian
  Cumberland Democratic Alleganian
  Easton Easton star
  Elkton Cecil whiff
  Frederick Republican citizen
  Salisbury Salisbury sentinel
  Towsontown Baltimore county advocate
Massachusetts Amesbury Villager
  Andover Andover advertiser
  Barnstable Barnstable patriot
  Fitchburg Fitchburg sentinel
  Beverly Citizen
  Boston American traveller
  Boston Atlas and daily bee
  Boston Boston daily advertiser
  Boston Boston daily courier
  Boston Boston daily journal
  Boston Boston evening transcript
  Boston Boston herald
  Boston Boston morning journal
  Boston Boston post
  Boston Boston press and post
  Boston Boston semi-weekly advertiser.
  Boston Boston statesman and weekly post
  Boston Boston traveller
  Boston Boston weekly journal
  Boston Bunker-hill aurora and Boston mirror
  Boston Commercial bulletin
  Boston Daily evening traveler
  Boston Evening gazette.
  Boston Olive branch and Atlantic weekly
  Boston Pilot
  Boston Saturday evening gazette
  Boston True flag
  Cambridge Cambridge chronicle
  Cambridge Cambridge review
  Dedham Dedham gazette
  Greenfield Franklin democrat
  Greenfield Gazette and courier
  Haverhill Essex banner
  Haverhill Essex county democrat
  Haverhill Haverhill gazette
  Lawrence Lawrence American
  Lee Valley gleaner
  Lowell Lowell daily citizen & news
  Lynn Lynn weekly reporter
  Marblehead Marblehead ledger
  Neburyport Daily herald
  New Bedford Whalemen's shipping list
  North Adams Adams transcript
  Peabody Wizard
  Pittsfield Pittsfield sun
  Roxbury Norfolk county journal
  Salem Essex county mercury
  Salem Salem advocate
  Salem Salem gazette.
  Salem Salem observer
  Salem Salem register.
  Springfield Springfield daily republican
  Worcester Aegis and transcript
  Worcester Massachusetts weekly spy
  Worcester Worcester daily spy
  Worcester Worcester daily transcript
  Worcester Worcester palladium
  Worcester Worcester republican
Michigan Detroit Detroit free press
  Detroit Detroit weekly free press
  Detroit Detroit weekly tribune
  Flint Genesee weekly democrat
Minnesota Chatfield Chatfield democrat
  Minneapolis Saint Anthony weekly express
  Saint Peter Saint Peter tribune
  St. Paul Daily pioneer and democrat
  Winona Democrat
Mississippi Jackson Mississippian
  Natchez Natchez daily courier
  Paulding Eastern clarion
  Port Gibson Tri-weekly southern reveille
  Ripley Ripley advertiser
  Vicksburg Daily evening citizen
  Vicksburg Daily Vicksburg Whig
  Vicksburg Vicksburg weekly sun
Missouri Columbia Missouri statesman
  Kansas City Journal of commerce
  Kansas City Kansas City enquirer
  Kansas City Western journal of commerce
  Kansas City Western metropolitan
  St. Joseph St. Joseph weekly journal
  St. Louis Daily Missouri republican
  St. Louis Tri-weekly Missouri republican
  St. Louis Weekly bulletin
  St. Louis Western home press
Nebraska Dakota City Dakota City herald
  Nebraska City Nebraska City news
  Omaha Daily Omaha Nebraskian
  Omaha Omaha Nebraskian
New Hampshire Amherst Farmers' cabinet
  Concord Daily patriot
  Concord Democratic standard
  Concord Independent democrat
  Concord New Hampshire patriot
  Concord New Hampshire statesman
  Dover Dover gazette
  Dover Dover sentinel
  Exeter American ballot
  Exeter Exeter news-letter
  Haverill Democratic republican
  Laconia New Hampshire democrat
  Lancaster Coos republican
  Manchester Weekly union
  Nashua Nashua gazette
  Nashua New Hampshire telegraph
  Newport New Hampshire argus & spectator
  Portsmouth New Hampshire gazette
  Portsmouth Portsmouth journal
  Somersworth Great Falls advertiser
New Jersey Morristown Jerseyman
  Morristown True democratic banner
  Newark Newark advertiser
  Newark Newark daily journal.
  Newark Sentinel of freedom
  Trenton Daily state gazette
  Trenton Daily true American.
New Mexico Santa Fe Santa Fe weekly gazette
New York Albany Albany evening journal
  Albany Atlas and argus
  Binghamton Binghamton standard
  Buffalo Buffalo morning express
  Canandaigua Ontario republican times
  Cherry Valley Cherry Valley gazette
  Fredonia Fredonia advertiser
  Jamestown Chautaugua democrat
  Kingston Kingston democratic journal
  Middletown Banner of liberty
  New York Brooklyn daily eagle
  New York Brother Jonathan
  New York Commercial advertiser
  New York Courrier des Etats-Unis.
  New York Dy Beobachter
  New York Evening day-book
  New York Evening post
  New York La Cronica.
  New York Morning courier and New York enquirer
  New York National anti-slavery standard
  New York New York Atlas
  New York New York daily news
  New York New York daily tribune
  New York New York dispatch
  New York New York evening express
  New York New York herald
  New York New York journal of commerce
  New York New York leader
  New York New York morning express
  New York New York Saturday press
  New York New York semi-weekly tribune.
  New York New York times
  New York New York weekly tribune.
  New York New Yorker democrat
  New York Phoenix
  New York Sun
  New York Weekly Anglo-African
  New York Weekly day-book
  New York Weekly herald
  New York Weekly journal of commerce
  New York World
  Rochester Frederick Douglass' paper
  Rochester Rochester daily union and advertiser
  Rochester Rochester democrat and American
  Rochester Rochester semi-weekly union & advertiser
  Rondout Rondout courier
  Stapleton Staten Islander
  Syracuse Central City daily courier
  Syracuse Onondaga weekly courier
North Carolina Charlotte North Carolina whip
  Fayetteville Daily Courier
  Fayetteville Weekly courier
  Hillsborough Hillsborough recorder
  Raleigh Semi-weekly standard.
  Washington North Carolina times
  Wilmington Daily journal.
Ohio Bucyrus Bucyrus weekly journal
  Canton Stark county democrat
  Chillicothe Scioto gazette
  Cincinnati Cincinnati commercial
  Cincinnati Cincinnati daily courier
  Cincinnati Cincinnati daily enquirer
  Cincinnati Cincinnati daily gazette
  Cincinnati Cincinnati volksfreund
  Cincinnati Cincinnati volksfreund
  Cincinnati Daily times
  Cleveland Cleveland daily plain dealer
  Cleveland Cleveland weekly plain dealer.
  Cleveland Daily national democrat.
  Columbus Daily capital city fact
  Columbus Daily Ohio statesman
  Conneant Conneant reporter
  Dayton Weekly Dayton journal
  Painesville Painesville commercial advertiser
  Painesville Painesville telegraph
  Painesville Press and advertiser
  Salem Anti-slavery bugle
  Troy Troy times
  Washington Washington herald
Oregon Jacksonville Oregon sentinel
  Portland Oregon weekly times
Pennsylvania Doylestown Doylestown democrat
  Easton Der Deobachter
  Easton Easton times
  Harrisburg Crawford democrat
  Harrisburg Daily patriot and union
  Harrisburg Weekly patriot and union
  Philadelphia Dollar newspaper
  Philadelphia Fitzgerald's city item
  Philadelphia Keystone
  Philadelphia Morning Pennsylvanian
  Philadelphia North American
  Philadelphia Philadelphia commercial list
  Philadelphia Philadelphia daily news
  Philadelphia Philadelphia inquirer
  Philadelphia Press
  Philadelphia Public ledger
  Philadelphia Southern monitor
  Philadelphia Sunday dispatch
  Philadelphia Weekly press
  Pittsburgh Pittsburgh post
  Pottsville Miners' journal
  West Chester Village record
  Wilkes-Barre Record of the times and Wilkes-Barre advocate
  York York republican
Rhode Island Bristol Bristol phenix
  Newport Newport advertiser
  Newport Newport mercury
  Providence Providence daily journal
  Providence Providence daily post
  Providence Providence evening press
South Carolina Charleston Charleston daily courier
  Charleston Charleston evening news
  Charleston Charleston mercury
  Charleston Charleston tri-weekly courier
  Columbia Tri--weekly South Carolinian
  Columbia Tri-weekly southern guardian
  Greenville Southern enterprise
  Mauning Clarendon banner
  York Yorkville enquirer
Tennessee Brownsville Southern atlas
  Knoxville Brownlow's Knoxville whig
  Memphis Memphis daily appeal
  Memphis Memphis daily avalanche
  Memphis Memphis daily morning bulletin
  Memphis Memphis morning enquirer
  Memphis Memphis tri-weekly morning bulletin
  Memphis Memphis weekly avalanche
  Nashville Nashville daily news
  Nashville Nashville union and American. Mic.
  Nashville Republican banner.
  Nashville Republican banner. (country)
Texas Austin Southern intelligencer
  Austin State gazette
  Houston Houston tri-weekly telegraph
  Houston Weekly telegraph
  Huntsville Huntsville item
  Palestine Trinity advocate
  San Antonio San Antonio ledger
Utah Salt Lake City Valley tan
Vermont Bellows Falls Bellows Falls argus
  Bellows Falls Bellows Falls times
  Bradford Telegraph
  Brattleboro Vermont phoenix
  Burlington Burlington daily times
  Burlington Burlington weekly sentinel
  Burlington Daily free press
  Burlington Times
  Montpelier Green Mountain freeman
  Montpelier Vermont patriot and state gazette
  Montpelier Vermont watchman & state journal
  Montpelier Walton's daily journal
  Rutland Rutland courier
  Rutland Rutland herald
  St. Albans Democrat
  St. Albans St. Albans messenger
  Windsor Vermont chronicle
  Woodstock Spirit of the age
Virginia Alexandria Alexandria gazette
  Alexandria Alexandria gazette. (country)
  Alexandria Virginia sentinel
  Charlottesville Jefferson republican
  Harrisonburg Rockingham register
  Lexington Gazette
  Lynchburg Daily republican
  Norfolk Day book
  Norfolk Southern argus.
  Norfolk Southern argus. (country)
  Petersburg Petersburg daily bulletin
  Richmond Daily dispatch
  Richmond Daily Richmond enquirer
  Richmond Richmond daily examiner
  Richmond Richmond daily Whig
  Richmond Richmond semi-weekly examiner
  Richmond Richmond weekly whig
  Richmond Richmond Whig and public advertiser.
  Richmond Virginia index
  Richmond Weekly dispatch
  Staunton Staunton spectator
  Williamsburg Virginia gazette
Washington Olympia Pioneer and democrt
  Olympia Washington standard
  Port Townsend Register
West Virginia Charles Town Independent democrat
  Charles Town Virginia free press
  Wheeling Wheeling intelligencer
Wisconsin Appleton Appleton crescent
  Fond du Lac Democratic press
  Fond du Lac Fond du Lac weekly commonwealth
  Galesville Galesville transcript
  Green Bay Green Bay advocate
  Horicon Horicon argus
  Kenosha Kenosha times
  Madison Wisconsin daily patriot
  Madison Wisconsin daily state journal
  Madison Wisconsin patriot
  Milwaukee Milwaukee daily enquirer
  Prairie du Chien Prairie du Chien courier
  Racin Weekly Racin advocate
  Superior Superior chronicle

 

 

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