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Savannah historic newspapers archive

Searchable issues of Savannah newspapers from 1809 to 1880

More About This Collection

Date of Original
1809/1880

Subject
Chatham County (Ga.)--Newspapers
Savannah (Ga.)--Newspapers

Location
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983

Medium
newspapers
publications
serials (publications)
texts (document genres)

Type
Still Image

Description
The Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive spans the years 1809-1880 with over 83,000 images, and includes the following titles: Savannah Georgian, 1819-1856, Savannah Morning News, 1868-1880, and Savannah Republican, 1809-1868., The Savannah Historic Newspapers Archive is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia as part of the Georgia HomePLACE initiative. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

Metadata URL
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/savnewspapers

Holding Institution
Georgia Newspaper Project
Catholic Church. Diocese of Savannah (Ga.)

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