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The publishers of The Virginia Gazette were:
William Parks 1736-50
William Hunter 1751-61
Joseph Royle 1761-65
Alexander Purdie & Co. 1765-66
Alex. Purdie & John Dixon 1766-75
William Rind 1766-73 — VIRGINIA GAZETTE 2
Clemintina Rind 1773-74 — VIRGINIA GAZETTE 2
John Pinkney 1774-76 — VIRGINIA GAZETTE 2
Alex. Purdie 1775-79 — VIRGINIA GAZETTE 3
John Dixon & William Hunter Jr. 1775-78
John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson 1779-Apr 1780
John Clarkson & Augustine Davis 1779-Dec 1780 — VIRGINIA GAZETTE 3
Not all the issues survived. Those available were assembled and microfilmed in 1950, and a subject index was created at the same time. This microfilm was the basis for the current image version.
Several institutions contributed issues for the initial microfilming and are cooperating in the production of the current project:
College of William and Mary; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; The Johns Hopkins University; Maryland Historical Society; Massachusetts Historical Society; Virginia Historical Society.
Notes
Part I: 1736-1745
Part II: 1746-1755
Part III: 1756-1765
Part IV: 1766-1775*
Part V: 1776-1780*
* During these year spans, two and sometimes three versions of the paper were published. All versions are included in the database.
Virginia Gazette (Historic on Microfilm)