The Newspaper Project Bibliography and Newspapers in Va. database are
two separate things. Please try searching the Newspapers in Virginia
Database - which allows title keyword searching.

As Dr. Kukla points out, newspaper titles are more often than not
abbreviated - even by otherwise diligent historians. Even today we refer
to papers like the NY Times or the Washington Post as the Times and the
Post or the Richmond paper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as the
Dispatch.

The Newspapers in Virginia Database has cataloging records that will
provide links to the varying title forms, title changes, or newspaper
mergers. Follow the dates for each and you should find what is
available. 

I hope this helps.


Tom H. Ray
Collections Management Coordinator
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad St.
Richmond, Va. 23219
804-692-3753
804-692-3814 (fax)
 
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Subject: Virginia Chronicle 1821

Might the citation to "Virginia Chronicle" somehow be a conflation of
elements in the title that appeared on the masthead of the paper you're
seeking.  While rummaging through Virginia newspapers and their
bibliographies (such as Cappon and Brigham) over the years, I've noticed
a lot of papers whose evolution involved couplings and uncouplings of
"gazette," "chronicle," or "advertiser" with other names and with each
other.  Augustine Davis's 'Virginia Independent Chronicle', for example,
evolved into something like the 'Virginia Gazette and Independent
Chronicle'.
   I tried to search the Newspaper project files at Library of
Virginia's website.  They ARE accessible through the main catalogue, but
(correct me if I'm wrong about this) the pull-down menus for search
options on the newspaper project's webpage invite searches by County,
City/Town, States, and other Countries - but not by Title.  "Chronicle"
being such a common word in book and other titles that a search in the
main catalogue would become unmanageable, it would be convenient if it
were possible to limit one's search to the newspaper project's findings.
But perhaps there is a way to do that of which I am unaware.....

Jon Kukla




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