List Of Newspapers In Virginia In The 18th-century

This is a list of newspapers in Virginia.

Daily, weekly and other newspapers (currently published)

University newspapers

*
Brackety-Ack
' — student newspaper of Roanoke College
* '' The Breeze'' — student newspaper of James Madison University
* '' The Broadside'' — student newspaper of George Mason University
* '' The Bullet'' — student newspaper of the University of Mary Washington
*
The Buzz
' — student newspaper of Shenandoah University
* '' The Cadet'' — student newspaper of Virginia Military Institute
* '' The Captain's Log'' — student newspaper of Christopher Newport University
* '' The Cavalier Daily'' — student newspaper of the University of Virginia
* '' The Collegian'' — student newspaper of the University of Richmond
* '' Collegiate Times'' — student newspaper of Virginia Tech
* '' The Commonwealth Times'' — student newspaper of Virginia Commonwealth University
* '' The Critograph'' — student newspaper of Lynchburg College
* The Fourth Estate - student newspaper at George Mason University
* ''The Flat Hat'' — student newspaper of the College of William & Mary
* '' The Hampden-Sydney Tiger'' — student newspaper of Hampden-Sydney College
* '' The Hampton Script'' — student newspaper of Hampton University
* '' The Highland Cavalier'' — student newspaper of the University of Virginia's College at Wise
* '' Hollins Columns'' — student newspaper of Hollins University
* '' The Iron Blade'' — student newspaper of Ferrum College
* '' The Liberty Champion'' — student newspaper of Liberty University
* '' The Mace & Crown'' — student newspaper of Old Dominion University
* '' The Marlin Chronicle'' — student newspaper of Virginia Wesleyan College
* '' Ring-tum Phi'' — student newspaper of the Washington and Lee University
* '' The Rotunda'' — student newspaper of Longwood University
* ''Spartan Echo'' — student newspaper of Norfolk State University
* '' The Tartan'' — student newspaper of Radford University
* ''Virginia Law Weekly'' — student newspaper of the University of Virginia School of Law

''The Weathervane''
— student newspaper of Eastern Mennonite University
* '' The Yellow Jacket'' — student newspaper of Randolph-Macon College

Defunct newspapers

Newspapers by locale

Alexandria

Newspapers published in Alexandria, Virginia:

* ''Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer''. D., Dec. 8–31, 1800+
* ''The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette''. S.W., T.W., Nov. 21, 1792 – Dec. 6, 1800.
* ''The Times. Alexandria Advertiser''. D., Apr. 10, 1797 – Apr. 16 1799.
* ''The Times; and District Of Columbia Daily Advertiser''. D., Apr. 17, 1799 – Dec. 31, 1800+
* ''The Virginia Gazette and Alexandria Advertiser''. W., July 30(?), 1789 – Nov. 1793.
* ''The Virginia Journal, and Alexandria Advertiser''. W., Feb. 5, 1784 – July 4, 1789.

Dumfries

Newspapers published in Dumfries, Virginia:

* ''The Virginia Gazette, and Agricultural Repository''. W., Sept. 29, 1791 – Dec. 19, 1793.

Fincastle

Newspapers published in Fincastle, Virginia:

* ''The Herald Of Virginia, and Fincastle Weekly Advertiser''. W., March – Dec. 27, 1800+

Fredericksburg

Newspapers published in Fredericksburg, Virginia:

* ''The Genius Of Liberty; and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser''. W., S.W., Oct. 10, 1797 – Sept. 2, 1799.
* ''The Virginia Herald''. S.W., Aug. 23, 1799 – Dec. 26, 1800+
* ''The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg Advertiser''. W., S.W., June 7, 1787 – Oct. 16 (?), 1795.
* ''The Virginia Herald, and Fredericksburg & Falmouth Advertiser''. S.W., Oct. 20, 1795 – Aug. 19, 1797.

Leesburg

Newspapers published in Leesburg, Virginia:

* ''The True American''. W., November 1798–1800(?)

Norfolk

Newspapers published in Norfolk, Virginia:

* ''American Gazette''. S.W., May 6, 1796.
* ''American Gazette & General Advertiser''. S.W., May 10, 1796 – Nov. 7, 1797.
* ''American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Advertiser''. S.W., May 7, 1794 – Apr. 30, 1796.
* ''The American Gazette, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Weekly Advertiser''. W., July 18, 1792 – Apr. 30, 1794.
* ''Epitome of the Times''. S.W., Jan. 1, 1799 – Dec. 30, 1800+
* ''The Herald''. T.W., Nov. 9–30, 1795.
* ''The Herald, and Norfolk and Portsmouth Advertiser''. S.W., T.W., Aug. 13, 1794 – Nov. 5, 1795.
* ''The Norfolk and Portsmouth Chronicle''. W., Aug. 29, 1789 – June (?), 1792.
* ''The Norfolk and Portsmouth Gazette''. W., Sept. 9 – Oct. 8, 1789.
* ''The Norfolk and Portsmouth Journal''. W., June 21, 1786 – May 13 (?), 1789.
* ''Norfolk Herald''. T.W., Dec. 3, 1795 – Oct. 31, 1796.
* ''The Norfolk Herald''. T.W., D., Feb. 20, 1798 – Dec. 29, 1800+
* ''The Norfolk Herald & Public Advertiser''. T.W., Nov. 3, 1796 – Feb. 17, 1798.
* ''The Virginia Chronicle, & C''. S.W., Nov. 13 – Dec. 19, 1794.
* ''The Virginia Chronicle, & General Advertiser''. S.W., Apr. 11 – Nov. 10, 1794.
* ''Virginia Chronicle and Norfolk and Portsmouth General Advertiser''. W., July 28, 1792 – Apr. 5, 1794.
* ''The Virginia Gazette''. 1775 – Feb. 3, 1776.
* ''Virginia Gazette, or, Norfolk Intelligencer''. June 9 (?), 1774 – Sept. 20, 1775.

Petersburg

Newspapers published in Petersburg, Virginia:

* ''The Independent Ledger, and Petersburg and Blandford Public Advertiser''. W., Mar. 6 – May 8, 1793.
* ''The Petersburg Intelligencer''. S.W., June 17 – Dec. 31, 1800+
* ''Virginia Gazette, and Petersburg Intelligencer''. W., S.W., July 6 (?), 1786 – May (?), 1800.

Richmond

Newspapers published in Richmond, Virginia:

* ''The American Advertiser''.
* ''The Friend of the People, A Political Paper''. Fortnightly, Jan. (?) – July (?), 1800.
* ''The Observatory, or, A View of the Times''. S.W., July 3(?), 1797 – Sept. 10(?), 1798.
* ''The Press''. W., Jan. 6 – Feb. 7(?) 1800.
* ''The Richmond and Manchester Advertiser''. S.W., Apr. 30, 1795 – Nov. 15, 1796.
* ''Richmond Chronicle''. S.W., May 23, 1795 – Aug. 27, 1796.
* '' Richmond Whig'', under various closely related titles, 1828–1888
* ''The Virginia Argus''. S.W., Nov. 19, 1796 – Dec. 30, 1800+
* ''The Virginia Federalist''. S.W., May 25, 1799 – Aug. 2, 1800.
* ''The Virginia Gazette''. W., May 9, 1780 – May 19, 1781.
* ''The Virginia Gazette, and General Advertiser''. W., S.W., Aug. 25, 1790 – Dec. 26, 1800+
* ''The Virginia Gazette, and Independent Chronicle''. W., 1784 (?) – Sept. (?), 1789.
* ''The Virginia Gazette, and Richmond and Manchester Advertiser''. S.W., Apr. 15, 1793 – Apr. 25, 1795.
* ''Virginia Gazette & Richmond Chronicle''. S.W., Mar. 2, 1793 – May 19, 1795.
* ''Virginia Gazette and Weekly Advertiser''. W., Feb. 16, 1782 – Apr. 22, 1797.
* ''The Virginia Gazette, or, The American Advertiser''. W., Dec. 22, 1781 – Dec. 20, 1786.
*
The Virginia Independent Chronicle
'. W., July 26, 1786 – May 6, 1789.
* ''The Virginia Independent Chronicle, and General Advertiser''. W., May 13, 1789 – Aug. 18, 1790.

Staunton

Newspapers published in Staunton, Virginia:

* ''The Staunton Gazette, or, The Western Star''. W., Feb. 5, 1790.
* ''Staunton Spectator'' was being published in 1859
* ''Staunton Spy''. W., Feb. 1793 – Feb. 1, 1794.

Williamsburg

Newspapers published in Williamsburg, Virginia:

* '' The Virginia Gazette''. 1736–1780.
* '' Rind's Virginia Gazette''. W., May 16 – Sept. 12 (?), 1766.

Winchester

Newspapers published in Winchester, Virginia:

* ''Bowen's Virginia Centinel & Gazette, or, The Winchester Political Repository''. W., Apr. 1790 – Feb. 19, 1796.
* ''The Virginia Centinel, or, The Winchester Mercury''. W., Apr. 2, 1788 – Apr. (?), 1790.
* ''The Virginia Gazette, and Winchester Advertiser''. W., July 11, 1787 – Apr. 23, 1788.
* ''Virginia Gazette, or, The Winchester Advertiser''. W., Apr. 30, 1788 – Sept. 9, 1789.
* ''Winchester Gazette''. W., 1798 (?) – Dec. 31, 1800+

See also

* Virginia media
** List of radio stations in Virginia
** List of television stations in Virginia
** Media of cities in Virginia: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach
* Journalism:
** :Journalists from Virginia
** Virginia Commonwealth University Robertson School of Media and Culture (est. 1978), in Richmond
* Virginia literature

References

Bibliography

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List of titles 50+ years old

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** Vol. 8, No. 4 (Apr., 1901), pp. 337-346 (Alexandria etc.
via Jstor
** Vol. 9, No. 4 (Apr., 1902)
*** pp. 1-11
*** pp. 130-138
*** pp. 289-297
*** pp. 411-413 (Warrenton etc.
via Jstor
** Vol. 10, No. 4 (Apr., 1903)
*** pp. 225-229
*** pp. 421-423 (Richmond etc.
via Jstor
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* Lester J. Cappon. Virginia Newspapers, 1821–1935: A Bibliography with Historical Introduction and Notes. New York: Appleton-Century Co., 1936.
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* Harrison A. Trexler. "The Davis Administration and the Richmond Press, 1861–1865," Journal of Southern History, 16 (May 1950), 177–195.
* Ted Tunnell. "A 'Patriotic Press': Virginia's Confederate Newspapers, 1861–1865," in William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr., eds., Virginia at War: 1864. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009, 35–50.

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