We are excited to announce that we have uploaded the first batches of Massachusetts newspapers from our partner, Boston Public Library, to Chronicling America! With these contributions, Chronicling America now extends back to 1770. We will continue to add more content in the coming months.

Titles and date ranges currently available:

• Lancaster gazette (Lancaster, MA): March 4, 1828 to April 13, 1830
• The Massachusetts spy (Boston, MA): August 23, 1770 to September 24, 1772
• The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas’s Boston journal (Boston, MA): October 8, 1772 to December 29, 1774
• Thomas’s Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette (Worcester, MA): March 7, 1821 to May 16, 1821
• The Massachusetts spy (Worcester, MA): May 23, 1821 to September 3, 1823
• The Daily spy (Worcester, MA): June 28, 1848 to September 18, 1850
• Worcester daily spy (Worcester, MA): September 19, 1850 to December 31, 1853; January 1, 1858 to December 31, 1863
• The guardian (Boston, MA): January 3, 1948 to April 20, 1957

Explore the newspapers here.

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