Historic newspapers · New Hampshire

New Hampshire historic newspapers: 23,707 free digitised pages

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for New Hampshire in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. 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

NewspaperYearsPages online
The New Hampshire Gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.])1793–18472,751
Among the Clouds (Mount Washington, N.H.)1885–19171,731
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.)1,647
Morning Star (Limerick, Me.)1826–19041,469
The Daily Manchester American (Manchester, N.H.)1852–18631,432
New Hampshire Statesman (Concord [N.H.])1847–18681,120
The Mirror and Farmer (Manchester, N.H.)1865–1918977
New Hampshire Farmer and Weekly Union (Manchester, N.H.)1901–1918898
The Lancaster Gazette (Lancaster, N.H.)1878–1916875
New-Hampshire Statesman and State Journal (Concord [N.H.])1831–1847840

Counties

  • Rockingham 6,500 pages
  • Merrimack 5,263 pages
  • Strafford 3,125 pages
  • Hillsboro 3,107 pages
  • Coos 3,032 pages
  • Hillsborough 2,580 pages
  • Cook 1,469 pages
  • Cumberland 1,469 pages
  • New York 1,469 pages
  • Stafford 1,469 pages

Cities

  • Portsmouth 6,063 pages
  • Concord 5,263 pages
  • Manchester 5,210 pages
  • Dover 3,125 pages
  • Mount Washington 2,104 pages
  • Boston 1,469 pages
  • Chicago 1,469 pages
  • Limerick 1,469 pages
  • New York 1,469 pages
  • Portland 1,469 pages

By decade

  • 1750 to 1759 159 pages
  • 1760 to 1769 518 pages
  • 1770 to 1779 447 pages
  • 1780 to 1789 506 pages
  • 1790 to 1799 1,131 pages
  • 1800 to 1809 1,068 pages
  • 1810 to 1819 667 pages
  • 1820 to 1829 1,214 pages
  • 1830 to 1839 1,989 pages
  • 1840 to 1849 2,436 pages
  • 1850 to 1859 2,610 pages
  • 1860 to 1869 1,784 pages
  • 1870 to 1879 1,202 pages
  • 1880 to 1889 1,361 pages
  • 1890 to 1899 2,625 pages
  • 1900 to 1909 2,248 pages
  • 1910 to 1919 1,748 pages
  • 1920 to 1929 77 pages
  • 1930 to 1939 2 pages
  • 1940 to 1949 2 pages
  • 1950 to 1959 1 pages
  • 1960 to 1969 1 pages

Languages

  • English 23,707 pages

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