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About 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Subject "...provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages (over 28 million articles) of primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and the Antebellum-era among other subjects." (from product description on vendor website)
Sources U.S. newspapers
Dates Covered 1800 - 1900
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Print Counterpart (backfiles) None for the database as a whole.
Provider The Gale Group
Access On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses.
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