Virginia Gazettes

The Virginia Gazette was printed in Williamsburg from 1736 until 1780 and was the official newspaper of Virginia during that time. A typical issue of the Virginia Gazette was likely to contain official pronouncements, items of foreign or local intelligence, literary, religious, or political pieces, and advertising.

Digital versions of the Virginia Gazettes from Colonial Williamsburg, the Library of Virginia, and Swem Library at the College of William and Mary have been moved to the Rockefeller Library's new Digital Collections platform. The Digital Collections site includes additional content, including Williamsburg issues discovered after 1950, and issues of the Virginia Gazette published in Norfolk from 1774-1775. When available, issues have multiple copies for comparison or to compensate for issues of physical condition.

Browse the Virginia Gazette Collection in Digital Collections

Support for making Virginia Gazettes available on the Digital Collections platform is provided by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program. This program supports leadership development and technological infrastructure investment that builds audiences, increases fundraising, drives revenue, delivers dynamic programming, and helps develop best practices to share across a network of non-profit cultural organizations.