This archive provides an as-it-happened window on 19th-century America by bringing together a variety of newspapers - from the early political party newspapers to the major dailies – written by both the privileged and marginalized of society.
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As a new American nation emerged in the 1800s, the first draft of history was written by those who experienced it and recorded it in newspaper pages from coast to coast. With 1.8 million pages available, the collection features publications of all kinds, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the 19th century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century's end.
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Nineteenth Century U.S. NewspapersReading Level: 1301L—+
Product Type: Primary Sources
Content Types: Newspapers
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