The South Carolina Gazette Parts I and II Released

Malvern, PA (December 5, 2007) – Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has announced the online availability of the South Carolina Gazette, 1732-1775. This new release features full XML and image availability.

Charles Town (renamed Charleston in 1783) was the social, political and economic center of South Carolina throughout the colonial and antebellum periods, and served as the state capital until 1790. The South Carolina Gazette, South Carolina’s first successful newspaper, was begun in 1732 under Thomas Whitemarsh in Charles Town, and soon became an important source of local, regional, national and international news. Whitemarsh died in the fall of 1733 and publication was suspended for several months. The paper was reestablished in 1734 and saw a number of publishers until the release of its final issue in December, 1775.

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