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Journals 2026 • 2025 •2024 •2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010 Excavation additions: 04-Nov-2023: • Melbourne Australasian Supplement: 1885.06.06-1885.06.27 21-Oct-2023: • Quebec Morning Chronicle: 1892.10.05-1892.12.28 13-Oct-2023: • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1894.05.12 (fill); 1904.09.01-1904.09.30 • New York Evening Post: 1897.12.02-1897.12.31 • New York Herald: 1876.01.02-1876.01.28 11-Oct-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.11.06 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle: 1897.08.02-1897.08.30 • New York Sun: 1893.02.21 (fill); 1897.10.01-1897.10.31 • New York Clipper: 1871.05.06-1871.06.24 (upgrades); 1871.06.10 (fill) 10-Oct-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.10.09-1859.10.30 06-Oct-2023: • Havana Diario de la Marina: 1895.01.02-1895.01.10 • Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1879.07.08-1879.08.27 • Detroit Free Press: 1879.02.02-1879.02.23 • Illustrated Buffalo Express: 1910.02.05-1910.02.27 • Montreal Daily Herald: 1893.03.04-1893.03.25 05-Oct-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.09.11-1859.10.02 02-Oct-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.08.28-1859.09.04 • Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung: 1876.01.01-1876.01.29 • Philadelphia Times: 1887.09.04-1887.09.25 • Providence Daily Evening Press: 1859.05.02-1859.05.30 • Providence Evening Bulletin: 1886.04.09-1886.04.28 • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper: 1858.02.06-1858.02.27 (upgrades) 28-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.07.31-1859.08.21 26-Sep-2023: • Charleston Daily Courier: 1859.06.01-1859.06.29 • Charleston Sunday News: 1901.07.07-1901.07.28 • Louisville Courier-Journal: 1892.08.07-1892.08.28 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1905.02.03-1905.02.26 • New Orleans Times-Democrat: 1886.02.03-1886.02.28 • New Orleans Weekly Times-Democrat:1885.05.02-1885.05.30; 1886.02.06-1886.02.27 24-Sep-2023: • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1888.01.08-1888.01.29 • Eureka Herald: 1892.03.04-1892.03.25 • Litchfield Enquirer: 1861.01.10-1861.02.28 • Minneapolis Journal: 1893.09.02-1893.09.30 • York Daily: 1887.01.15-1887.02.26 22-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.07.03-1859.07.24 • Chicago Tribune: 1876.02.06-1876.02.27 (upgrades); 1902.10.04-1902.10.26 • Cincinnati Commercial: 1879.04.05-1879.04.26 (upgrades); 1879.04.12 • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.02.02-1884.02.23 (upgrades); 1884.02.16 • Nashville Daily American: 1886.10.01-1886.10.10 (upgrades); 1886.10.24-1886.10.31 (upgrades) • St.Louis Daily Globe-Democrat: 1875.12.05-1875.12.26 (upgrades) 21-Sep-2023: • Dallas Morning News: 1889.01.06-1889.01.27 • San Antonio Daily Express: 1899.06.252-1899.07.30 • San Antonio Sunday Light: 1900.11.18-1900.12.23 20-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.06.19-1859.06.26 • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1904.08.01-1904.08.31 • New York Herald: 1875.12.16-1875.12.30 • New York Evening Post: 1897.11.01-1897.11.30 (upgrades) 18-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.06.05-1859.06.12 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle: 1897.07.01-1897.07.29 • New York Sun: 1897.07.01-1897.09.30 • New York Clipper: 1871.04.01-1871.04.29 (upgrades) 16-Sep-2023: • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1887.11.06-1887.12.25 • Eureka Herald: 1892.02.05-1892.02.26 • Litchfield Enquirer: 1860.04.05-1860.05.10; 1860.10.25-1860.12.27 • Minneapolis Journal: 1893.08.05-1893.08.26 • York Daily: 1886.12.04-1886.12.25 15-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.05.08-1859.05.29 • Chicago Tribune: 1876.01.02-1876.01.30 (upgrades) • Cincinnati Commercial: 1879.03.01-1879.03.29 (upgrades) • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.03.01-1884.03.29 (upgrades) • Nashville Daily American: 1886.11.07-1886.11.28 (upgrades) • St.Louis Daily Globe-Democrat: 1875.11.07-1875.11.28 (upgrades) 14-Sep-2023: • Boston Saturday Evening Gazette: 1859.05.01-1859.05.15 • Buffalo Commercial Advertiser: 1879.05.27-1879.06.24 • Detroit Free Press: 1879.01.05-1879.01.26 • Illustrated Buffalo Express: 1910.01.02-1910.01.30 • Montreal Daily Herald: 1893.02.04-1893.02.25 13-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.04.24-1859.05.01 • Frank Leslie's Illustrirte Zeitung: 1875.12.04-1875.12.25 • Philadelphia Times: 1887.08.07-1887.08.28 • Providence Daily Evening Press: 1859.03.19-1859.04.25 • Providence Evening Bulletin: 1886.03.02-1886.03.31 • Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper: 1858.01.02-1858.01.30 (upgrades) 12-Sep-2023: • Charleston Sunday News: 1901.05.05-1901.06.30 • Louisville Courier-Journal: 1892.07.03-1892.07.31 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1905.01.01-1905.01.29 • New Orleans Times-Democrat: 1886.01.02-1886.01.31 • New Orleans Weekly Times-Democrat:1885.06.06-1885.06.27; 1886.01.02-1886.01.30 • Philadelphia Times: 1887.07.03-1887.07.31 11-Sep-2023: • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1887.09.04-1887.10.30 • Eureka Herald: 1892.01.01-1892.01.29 • Litchfield Enquirer: 1860.03.01-1860.03.29 • Minneapolis Journal: 1893.07.01-1893.07.29 • York Daily: 1886.10.30-1886.11.27 10-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.04.10-1859.04.17 • Chicago Tribune: 1875.11.21-1875.12.26 (upgrades) • Cincinnati Commercial: 1879.02.01-1879.02.22 (upgrades) • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.04.05-1884.04.26 (upgrades) • Nashville Daily American: 1886.12.05-1886.12.26 (upgrades) • St.Louis Daily Globe-Democrat: 1875.10.03-1875.10.31 (upgrades) 08-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.03.20-1859.04.03 • Litchfield Enquirer: 1859.11.18-1860.02.23 • Minneapolis Journal: 1893.05.06-1893.06.24 • Providence Evening Bulletin: 1886.02.04-1886.02.24 • St.Louis Republic: 1889.09.20-1889.09.21; 1891.12.07-1891.12.30 • Cincinnati Commercial: 1878.12.21-1879.01.25 (upgrades) • Nashville Daily American: 1887.01.09-1887.01.30 (upgrades) 06-Sep-2023: • Charleston Sunday News: 1901.04.07-1901.04.28 • Minneapolis Journal: 1893.04.01-1893.04.29 • Montreal Daily Herald: 1893.01.07-1893.01.28 • St.Louis Republic: 1891.01.04-1891.03.08 • Waldheim's Illustrirte Zeitung: 1862.01.04-1862.03.29 • Nashville Daily American: 1887.02.06-1887.02.27 (upgrades) 05-Sep-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.02.27-1859.03.13 • Minneapolis Journal: 1893.03.04-1893.03.25 • Nashville Daily American: 1887.03.06-1887.03.27 (upgrades) 03-Sep-2023: • Vienna Neue Illustrirte Zeitung: 1880.05.02-1880.05.30 • Wiener Novellistische Blätter: 1880.01.20-1880.06.28 02-Sep-2023: • Plainfield Evening News: 1888.02.25-1888.07.21 • New York Leader: 1866.02.03-1866.05.19 01-Sep-2023: • Montreal Daily Herald: 1892.11.09-1892.12.31 • St.Louis Republic: 1890.09.07-1890.11.16; 1890.12.21 • Charleston Sunday News: 1898.01.23; 1898.05.08-1898.05.29; 1898.06.12-1898.07.10 (fills) 31-Aug-2023: • Lexington True American: 1845.07.08-1845.08.05 • Minneapolis Journal: 1892.12.24-1893.02.25 30-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.02.13-1859.02.20 • Providence Evening Bulletin: 1886.01.04-1886.01.30 • St.Louis Republic: 1890.08.03-1890.08.31 • Charleston Sunday News: 1897.02.14-1897.06.20 (fills) 29-Aug-2023: • Dallas Morning News: 1888.02.26-1888.12.30 • Providence Evening Bulletin: 1885.10.22-1885.12.30 • St.Louis Republic: 1890.07.06-1890.07.27 28-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.01.30-1859.02.06 • Charleston Sunday News: 1896.01.05-1896.05.31 (fills) • Nashville Daily American: 1887.04.03-1887.04.24 (upgrades) 27-Aug-2023: • New York Times: 1894.01.01-1894.07.01 26-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.01.16-1859.01.23 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1904.12.04-1904.12.25 • Charleston Sunday News: 1895.10.27-1895.12.29 (fills) • Nashville Daily American: 1887.05.01-1887.05.29 (upgrades) 25-Aug-2023: • Detroit Evening News: 1874.08.28-1875.11.27 • Detroit Sunday News-Tribune: 1897.09.19-1899.01.01 • Detroit News-Tribune: 1899.01.22-1899.05.14 24-Aug-2023: • Buffalo Enquirer: 1909.10.02-1909.12.24 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1904.11.04-1904.11.27 • Charleston Sunday News: 1893.09.10; 1894.06.10; 1894.08.19-1894.11.25 (fills) • Nashville Daily American: 1887.06.05-1887.06.27 (upgrades) • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.05.03-1884.05.31 (upgrades) 23-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1859.01.02-1859.01.09 • Buffalo Enquirer: 1909.08.07-1909.09.27 • Charleston Sunday News: 1890.07.27-1890.12.07; 1892.12.25 (fills) • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.06.07-1884.06.28 (upgrades) 22-Aug-2023: • Buffalo Enquirer: 1909.05.01-1909.07.31 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1904.10.02-1904.10.30 • Charleston Sunday News: 1889.10.06-1889.12.22 (fills) • Nashville Daily American: 1887.07.03-1887.12.25 (upgrades) • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.07.05-1884.07.26 (upgrades) 21-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.12.19-1858.12.26 • Buffalo Enquirer: 1909.01.02-1909.04.24 • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1887.07.03-1887.08.28 • Charleston Sunday News: 1889.07.21-1889.09.29 (fills) • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1904.09.04-1904.09.25 • Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: 1884.08.02 (fill); 1884.08.09-1888.08.30 (upgrades) 19-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.11.21-1858.12.12 • Cincinnati Daily Commercial: 1858.03.05-1861.04.05 18-Aug-2023: • Budapest Pesti Hirlap: 1900.04.07-1900.04.28 • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1887.05.01-1887.06.26 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1904.05.01-1904.08.28 • Charleston Sunday News: 1888.03.04-1888.06.17 (fills) • Nashville Daily American: 1888.01.01-1888.02.12; 1888.02.26-1888.04.29 (upgrades) 17-Aug-2023: • Charleston News and Courier: 1880.12.25; 1886.12.25; 1899.01.02-1899.01.31; 1901.04.01 • Charleston Sunday News: 1888.02.05-1888.02.26 (fills); 1901.03.31 • Nashville Daily American: 1888.05.06-1888.06.24 (upgrades) 16-Aug-2023: • Lincoln Nebraska Independent: 1901.01.03-1901.12.19 • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1887.03.06; 1887.01.16-1887.04.24 • Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette: 1900.10.20-1901.01.05 (upgardes) 15-Aug-2023: • Lincoln Nebraska Independent: 1900.01.18-1900.12.27 • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1887.01.01; 1887.01.16-1887.02.27 • Budapest Pesti Hirlap: 1899.10.07-1899.12.30 • Birmingham Daily News: 1890.04.05-1890.08.09 14-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.10.31-1858.11.14 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1904.02.07-1904.04.24 • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1902.01.02-1902.08.10 • Brownville Nebraska Advertiser: 1859.03.10 • Brownville Nebraska Advertiser: 1859.01.27-1859.03.03 (upgrades) 13-Aug-2023: • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1901.03.02-1901.09.29 12-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.10.17-1858.10.24 • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1901.02.03-1902.02.27 • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1901.01.03-1901.01.27 (upgrades) 11-Aug-2023: • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1900.10.02-1900.12.31 • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1900.09.11-1900.09.29 (upgrades) 10-Aug-2023: • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1896.05.02-1896.07.31 • Brooklyn Daily Standard-Union: 1896.04.01-1896.04.28 (upgrades) 09-Aug-2023: • Boston Sunday Post: 1901.07.07-1902.11.09 • Brentano's Monthly: 1881.02.01-1881.03.01 • Brentano's Monthly: 1880.04.01-1881.01.01 (upgrades) 08-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.10.03-1858.10.10; 1896.02.02-1896.02.16 • Boston Sunday Post: 1901.01.06-1901.06.23 07-Aug-2023: • Boston Sunday Post: 1896.06.07-1896.11.08; 1900.04.01-1900.12.30 • Nashville Daily American: 1888.07.01-1888.10.21 (upgrades) 05-Aug-2023: • Boston Herald: 1889.03.03; 1889.09.22; 1891.02.01; 1891.02.02 (fills) • Boston Post: 1886.06.15-1887.08.16 (non-column news) • Boston Sunday Post: 1896.01.26; 1896.02.09; 1896.02.16 (fills) 04-Aug-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.09.05-1858.09.26 • Memphis Commercial Appeal: 1903.11.22-1904.01.31 30-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.08.01-1858.08.29 22-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.07.11-1858.07.25 • Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye: 1886.09.19-1887.01.09; 1896.10.18; 1899.04.09 21-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.06.27-1858.07.04; 1896.01.05-1896.01.26 • New York Forest and Stream: 1873.11.27-1875.02.04 19-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1895.12.01-1895.12.22 • Camden Weekly Journal: 1859.11.29; 1860.01.03-1860.04.17 18-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1895.11.03-1895.11.24 17-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.06.06-1858.06.20; 1895.10.06-1895.10.27 14-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.05.09-1858.05.16; 1895.06.02; 1895.09.01-1895.09.29 11-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.04.04-1858.04.25; 1895.08.04-1895.08.25 08-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.03.14-1858.03.28; 1895.07.07-1895.07.28 07-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.02.21-1858.03.07; 1895.05.26; 1895.06.09-1895.06.30 05-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.02.07-1858.02.14; 1895.05.05-1895.05.19 03-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.01.24-1858.01.31; 1895.04.14-1895.04.28 02-Jul-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.01.10-1858.01.17; 1895.03.03-1895.04.07 30-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.12.13-1858.01.03; 1895.02.03-1895.02.24 27-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.11.29-1857.12.06; 1895.01.06-1895.01.27 26-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1894.11.18-1894.12.30 25-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.11.01-1857.11.22 23-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1894.11.04-1894.11.11; 1897.12.26; 1899.06.04; 1900.01.28; 1908.02.16; 1908.02.16; 1908.04.19; 1908.06.28; 1911.11.26; 1914.01.25 22-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.10.11-1857.10.25 20-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.09.27-1857.10.04 18-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.09.13-1857.09.20 16-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.08.30-1857.09.06 15-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.08.16-1857.08.23 14-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.08.02-1857.08.09 13-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.07.05-1857.07.26 11-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.06.21-1857.06.28 10-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.06.14 08-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.06.07 07-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.05.31 05-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.05.10 • London Sunday Times: 1857.05.24 04-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.05.17 02-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.05.03 01-Jun-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1858.05.02 30-May-2023: • London Sunday Times: 1857.04.26 31-Mar-2023: • Leeds Mercury Weekly Supplement: 1884.07.05-1884.09.27 22-Mar-2023: • Budapest Pesti Hirlap: 1899.04.01-1899.06.24 21-Mar-2023: • Budapest Pesti Hirlap: 1899.01.05-1899.03.31 17-Feb-2023: • Conversazioni della Domenica: 1886.01.31-1886.03.28 • English Mechanic: 1872.09.27; 1873.03.14; 1873.09.19-1873.12.26 • Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News: 1879.01.11-1879.03.22 14-Feb-2023: • Paris La Revue des Jeux: 1879.07.05-1880.01.17 13-Feb-2023: • Paris La Revue des Jeux: 1879.01.04-1879.06.28 12-Feb-2023: • Paris La Revue des Jeux: 1878.11.16-1878.12.28 Journals 2026 • 2025 •2024 •2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 • 2010

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