District of Columbia historic newspapers: 152,417 free digitised pages
Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for District of Columbia in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-07. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.
Titles with the most digitised pages
| Newspaper | Years | Pages online |
|---|---|---|
| Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) | 1854–1972 | 36,935 |
| Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, D.C.) | 1834–1974 | 26,611 |
| Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.]) | 1813–1869 | 17,527 |
| The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.]) | 1902–1939 | 12,344 |
| The Washington Daily News (Washington, D.C.) | 1921–1972 | 9,019 |
| The Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.) | 1906–1939 | 5,703 |
| National Republican (Washington City (D.C.)) | 1872–1888 | 4,872 |
| Washington Journal (Washington, D.C.) | 1888–2002 | 3,885 |
| The Daily Union (Washington [D.C.]) | 1845–1857 | 3,708 |
| Washingtoner Journal (Washington [D.C.]) | 1873–1888 | 3,304 |
Counties
- Alexandria 26,611 pages
- Essex 774 pages
- Washington 774 pages
Cities
- Washington 125,716 pages
- Alexandria 27,168 pages
- Barre 774 pages
- Lynn 774 pages
- Turin 774 pages
- Georgetown 233 pages
By decade
- 1800 to 1809 1,397 pages
- 1810 to 1819 2,172 pages
- 1820 to 1829 3,191 pages
- 1830 to 1839 5,100 pages
- 1840 to 1849 10,416 pages
- 1850 to 1859 16,005 pages
- 1860 to 1869 11,896 pages
- 1870 to 1879 10,561 pages
- 1880 to 1889 14,331 pages
- 1890 to 1899 11,799 pages
- 1900 to 1909 14,172 pages
- 1910 to 1919 15,157 pages
- 1920 to 1929 13,782 pages
- 1930 to 1939 10,299 pages
- 1940 to 1949 6,409 pages
- 1950 to 1959 4,180 pages
- 1960 to 1969 1,678 pages
Languages
- English 144,043 pages
- German 7,600 pages
- Italian 774 pages
Ethnic press: German, African American
Search them by name
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