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Newspapers for Baltimore region
The following is a list of early Baltimore area newspapers which are available online. A full list of newspapers for Maryland can be found at Archives Special Collections or a list of those that have been digitized and are online is here .
The following list contains those available online from multiple sources:
Unless noted, these are "e-documents" which display one page at a time. As new links are found, they will be added here.
Title Years published Years online MSA Number or link Hints and helpers
Aegis & Intelligencer (Bel Air) 1857-present Jan 1861-Feb 1862 link 14 issues
Mar 1862-Mar 1864 link 102 issues
Mar 1864-Dec 1922 link 2383 issues
1887-1889 SC3303
American and Daily Advertiser 1799-1802 1799-1801 link 301 issues
(Baltimore) American and Commercial Daily Advertiser 1802-1883 1883-1964 1802-1807, 1814 SC3392
1800s-50s, 1880s link 15,525 issues
1854-56, 1858, 1861-69 link 3,083 issues
1859-61, 1870-78, 1880-83 link 4,086 issues
Baltimore American 1883-1964 1857, 1884-1902 link 5121 issues
1913, Jan-Mar SC4150
American Republican and Baltimore Clipper 1844-1846 Nov 1844-1846 link 663 issues
Baltimore Bee 1875-1876 Dec 1875-Aug 1876 link 200 issues
Baltimore Clipper 1839-1844 1841, Jan-June SC3252 (Has single PDF, 250 MB, for p/o 1841)
1848-1865 Jan 1860 - Mar 1865 SC3895 1 PDF/month for most months
Baltimore Commercial Journal 1840-1849 1847-1849 link 136 issues
Baltimore County Union 1865-1909 1865-1909 link 1370 issues
Baltimore Daily Commercial 1865-1867 Oct 1865-June 1866 link 233 issues
Baltimore Morning Herald 1900-1904 1901 link 60 issues
Baltimore Sunday Herald 1901-1904 1901 link 1100+ issues
Baltimore Sun 1837-present 1837-present link These were available through the Baltimore County Public Library. As of Sept 25, 2021, access has disappeared, obviously a result of the Sun being purchased by a "Hedge Fund", which are known to destroy companies they buy after squeezing all tha assets out of them. I knew this was going to happen.
Baltimore Whig 1807-1814 1810, July-Dec SC3259
Daily Exchange 1858-1861 Feb 1858-Sept 1861 link 1104 issues
Feb 1 - Sept 14, 1861 SC3434 3 PDF files: 572 MB, 516 MB, & 510 MB
Der Deutsche correspondent (daily) 1841-1918 1858-1913 link 16700 issues
Der Deutsche correspondent (weekly) 1848-1918 1874-1911 link 531 issues
Federal Gazette & Baltimore Advertiser 1796-1825 Jan 1803-Dec 1803 July 1805-June 1806 Jan 1807-June1808 SC3722
Log Cabin Advocate (Baltimore) 1840 21 Mar - 15 Dec 1840 SC4849 34 issues, 1 PDF file 169 MB This newspaper was dedicated to the election of William Henry Harrison who died in office after 32 days. The newspaper was published over a period of 270 days, more than 8 times the length that Harrison served.Additional link (direct to file)
Maryland Colonization Journal 1835-1840 1835-1840 SC4303
Maryland Gazette 1727-1734 1745-1813 1827-1839 SC2853? See Maryland Online See Index 106
Maryland Herald 1790-1799 1790-1799 link 310 issues
Maryland Journal (Towson) 1865-1905 Jan 1889 - Dec 1890 SC2891 weekly
Maryland News Sheet 1861-1862 Sept 1861 - Aug 1862 SC3436
Maryland Republican 1809-1817 1809 Jun-Dec SC3411
"Niles'" Register 1811-1849 1811-1849 Link Index and images
Pilot 1840-1840 Apr 1840 link 20 images
Pilot and Transcript 1840-1841 May 1840-Jan 1841 link 207 issues - Also a campaign paper for William Henry Harrison, the Whig candidate.
The South 1861-1862 Apr 1861-Feb 1862 SC3768
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Updated 25 Sept 2021