The Readex project -- now called America's Historical Newspapers, formerly
Early American Newspapers -- has now released 9 series.  I only have access
to the first 5.  All 9 are accessible through the NYPL.  Series 7 claimes
to hold the N-Y Evening Post from 1821 to 1876, and the Commercial
Advertiser, from 1821 to 1876. It also includes the American, which if I
recall, lasted into the mid or late 1830s.  Readex has a way of boasting
that it offers a 40 year file of a paper, but when I look, I may see that
certain years are missing.  When I look at a year that is covered, I may
see that certain months are missing.  When I look at a month that is
covered, I may see that only 5 issues are there.  So how much of the Post
and the Commercial are really digitized at this point should be looked into.

The Gale project, called 19th Century American Newspapers, covers the NY
Herald.  As I recall, Gale claims to cover the Herald from 1803 to the
1840s, even though there was no newspaper called the Herald published
throughout that span.  There was a Herald in the early 1800s, maybe one or
two other short-lived Heralds in the teens and twenties, and then from the
mid 1830s until 1824, the Herald founded by J. G. Bennett.  And Gale's
coverage of Bennett's Herald is missing at least one full year from the
1830s -- I tried looking for something yesterday.
The Godfrey Memorial Library, a genealogical library in Middletown, Conn.,
offers home access to the Gale file for a membership fee of appr. $100.
 They throw in series 1 of the Readex files, too.

When I opened your message, I was hoping you were calling for
recommendations of NYC papers that ought to be digitized.  I was prepared
to nominate the New-York National Advocate, 1824-1826  (which is not the
"National Advocate" which Readex claims to have digitzed, but hasn't,
except for random issues), and its successor, the New-York Enquirer,
1826-1829.  As far as I know, the N-YNA hasn't even been microfilmed, and
the NYPL has filmed only half of the Enquirer.  Very good files of both are
in your own New-York Society Library.

GAT



On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 5:07 PM, David Minor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi, Christoper,
>
> I often access the following:
>
> New York Genealogical & Biographical Society (NYG&BS) newspaper archives
> (membership required).
>
> David Minor
>
> >
> > Suggestion for digitized newspaper sources for NYC, 1830s-1840s?
> >
> > Eagle, FultonH, Times already done.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher Gray
> > "Streetscapes" Columnist, Sunday Real Estate  Section, The New York Times
> > e: [log in to unmask] (or  [log in to unmask])
> >
> > 246 West 80th Street
> > New York City    10024
> > voice: 212-799-0520
> > fax:      212-799-0542
> >
> >
>
>
> > David Minor
> > Eagles Byte Historical Research
> > Pittsford, New York
> > 585 264-0423
> > 'dminor' 'at symbol' 'eznet.net'
> >
> > To be put on the mailing list for the TimeMaster essays/radio scripts, as
> > well as a Quote of the Week and a URL of the Week, e-mail me at the
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> > includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State,
> > from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1992 AD.
> > http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY.html
> >
> > Many of the New York essays/radio scripts can be found at the Crooked
> > Review web site (get there from the authorís link) and its blog
> > replacement
> >
> > http://www.crookedlakereview.com/index.html
> > http://www.crookedlakereview.blogspot.com/
> > http://www.eaglesbyte.blogspot.com/
> >
> > Visit the Canal Society of New York State page at
> > http://www.canalsnys.org/
>



-- 
George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much since then.