Virginia Gazette Index
Newsome, Atkinson to Nielson
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- +Newsome, Atkinson &,
- +Newspapers,
- −adv. of,
- −in Baltimore,
- −in Norfolk,
- −British try to establish in Norfolk,
- −called false by George III,
- −delivered by post in Va.,
- −delivered by riders in Va.,
- Rind: Aug. 15, 1766 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 9, 1767 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: Dec. 1, 1768 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Nov. 14, 1771 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: June 10, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: June 10, 1773 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie: Apr. 5, 1776 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie: Mar. 6, 1778 – pg. 1, col. 2
- −delivery stopped by weather,
- −essay on rise and use of,
- −establishment by Dunmore rumored,
- −exaggerated statements criticized,
- −in Boston,
- −bought in London,
- −politics criticized in London,
- −in Norfolk,
- −in Va.,
- bought in London,
- −removed from Boston,
- −sold at Williamsburg,
- Va.,
- printing office,
- Va.,
- −stealing in Va. prevented,
- −stolen in Va.,
- −in Yorktown,
- −taxes on in Ire.,
- −to Williamsburg from north,
- poor delivery discussed,
- −adv. of,
- +Newspapers, American,
- See: Boston gazette; Boston news letter; Cape Fear mercury; Maryland gazette; Maryland journal; Massachusetts spy; N. Y. gazette; N. Y. journal; N. Y. mercury; Pennsylvania gazette; Pennsylvania packet; Philadelphia weekly mercury; Virginia gazette
- +Newspapers, British,
- −banned in Fr.,
- −in Paris coffeehouses,
- −burlesqued,
- −character of,
- −colonial news reported in,
- −criticized for news on war,
- −discontinue articles on American affairs,
- −entertainment from explained,
- −exaggerate American defeats,
- −importance of,
- −political content criticized,
- −propaganda in Va.,
- −stamp duty on,
- −Va. burgesses' address in,
- See also: British chronicle, Lloyd's evening post and; Caledonian mercury; Daily gazetteer; Edinburgh evening courant; Farley's Bristol newspaper; Fog's journal; General advertizer; General evening post; Gloucester journal; Literary gazette; London advertiser and; London daily post; London evening post; London gazette; London gazetteer; London journal; London weekly journal; Portsmouth gazette; Public ledger; Read's weekly journal; St. James' evening post; Universal spectator; (and Weekly journal); Westminister journal; Whitehall evening post
- +Newspapers, Dutch,
- See: Amsterdam gazette; Dutch gazette; Leyden gazette; Utrecht gazette
- +Newspapers, French,
- See: Paris a la main
- +Newspapers, Irish,
- See: Belfast courant; Dublin journal
- +Newspapers, Jamaican,
- See: Jamaica courant
- +Newspapers, Portuguese,
- See: Lisbon gazette
- +Newspapers, seventeenth century,
- auctioned in London,
- +Newspapers, Tory,
- −distributed to British in Boston,
- −in N. Y. establishment,
- −in Norfolk,
- +Newsum,
- −Alexander,
- −Joseph,
- −Robert,
- −adv. finding horses,
- −adv. for missing horses,
- −adv. lots in Petersburg,
- −adv. plantation for sale,
- −adv. slaves for sale,
- −property for sale,
- −sale at store of,
- −settlement of estate of,
- +Newton,
- −Capt.,
- −Mr.,
- −of Norfolk,
- −transported convict,
- −Andrew,
- −Andrew,
- −Benjamin,
- Capt.,
- of the Polly,
- Capt.,
- −Downham,
- Capt.,
- of the Little Betsey,
- Capt.,
- −George,
- −of Norfolk,
- −runaway convict servant,
- −George,
- Capt.,
- −Isaac,
- −astronomical phenomena portrayed by microcosm,
- −books for sale in Williamsburg,
- Va.,
- Purdie and Dixon: Feb. 25, 1768 – pg. 4, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Nov. 29, 1770 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Dec. 13, 1770 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Jan. 3, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Jan. 17, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Jan. 24, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Feb. 7, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Feb. 21, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 7, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 21, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 28, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: July 18, 1771 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: July 25, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 1, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 8, 1771 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Aug. 29, 1771 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 17, 1772 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Nov. 25, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Dec. 30, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Mar. 2, 1776 – pg. 4, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Mar. 9, 1776 – pg. 4, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: Aug. 24, 1776 – pg. 5, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Dec. 20, 1776 – pg. 4, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Jan. 3, 1777 – pg. 4, col. 2
- Va.,
- −John,
- −Martha,
- −Richard,
- Capt.,
- of the Tryall,
- Capt.,
- −Thomas,
- −adv. agency for Madeira wine,
- −adv. estate for sale,
- −adv. land for sale,
- −adv. settlement of estate,
- −adv. schooner for sale,
- −adv. slaves for sale,
- −alias of Thomas Powell,
- −associator of Norfolk,
- −defendant in suits,
- −directs work on Cape Henry lighthouse,
- −elected burgess from Norfolk co Va.,
- −on committee to encourage manufactures in Va.,
- −opposes smallpox inoculation,
- −plaintiff in Va. chancery court,
- −security for rioters,
- −trustee of Bradley's estate,
- −Thomas,
- −jr.,
- −adv. for vessels,
- −burgess for Norfolk co.,
- −chosen commissioner of navy by Va. convention,
- −defendant in suit,
- −delegate to Va. convention from Norfolk co.,
- −joins Association in Va.,
- −manages Norfolk,
- Va.,
- −moderator of Norfolk,
- −on Norfolk,
- −security for rioters,
- −Thomas & co.,
- −Thomas & son,
- −William,
- −Willoughby,
- −Willoughby,
- +Newton, Loyall,
- +Newtown,
- Eng.,
- See: Anecdotes from
- Eng.,
- +Newtown, Md.,
- See: Jails in
- +Newtown, N. Y.,
- −burned by Americans,
- See also: Accidents in
- +Newtown, Va.,
- See: Balls in; Dwelling houses, described, in; Gardens in; Hogs ordered confined in; Lots for sale in; Ordinaries in; Outhouses in; Ships, described for sale in; Ships for sale in; Stamp act, repeal celebrated in; Taverns in
- +Newtown, plantation,
- +Newtown pippin apple trees,
- +Neyle,
- +Niabsco iron works,
- Va.,
- See: Neabsco
- Va.,
- +Niagara,
- −N. Y.,
- British garrison remains at,
- −skirmishes at,
- See also: Indian attacks in; Indian, starvation among near; Shipwrecks near
- −N. Y.,
- +Niagara falls,
- described,
- +Niblet,
- +Nice,
- John,
- +Nice, Fr.,
- −trade relations with Gt. Brit.,
- See also: Freedom of press violated in; Ships from
- +Nichol,
- +Nicholas,
- −Capt.,
- −company of in Va.,
- −in battle of Hampton,
- −in skirmish at Great Bridge,
- −of Elizabeth City co.,
- Va.,
- −takes possession of Fort Nassau,
- New Providence,
- −troops reviewed in Williamsburg,
- −Major,
- −Miss,
- −Abraham,
- −Dolly Pleasants (Briggs),
- −George,
- −adv. glebe land for sale,
- −agent for Thomas Griffin,
- −appointed capt. of Va. peninsula company,
- −appointed major of 10th Va. regiment,
- −epitaph on,
- −horses of,
- −Isaiah,
- −Capt.,
- of the Jenny,
- −of the Milcah,
- −Capt.,
- −John,
- −adv. escheated property for sale,
- −adv. finding cow,
- −adv. finding horses,
- −adv. for county court clerk,
- −adv. for missing horse,
- −adv. for runaway slaves,
- −adv. land for sale,
- −announces court will follow docket,
- −clerk of Albemarle co.,
- Va.,
- −clerk of Buckingham co.,
- Va.,
- −convicted for murder,
- −delegate to Va. convention from Buckingham co.,
- −elected burgess for Buckingham co.,
- −marriage of,
- −sentenced for murder,
- −John,
- −John,
- −Robert Carter,
- Purdie and Dixon: Nov. 5, 1767 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Jan. 30, 1772 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 15, 1773 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Rind: Apr. 15, 1773 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: May 6, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: Oct. 6, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Pinkney: Oct. 6, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie: Apr. 26, 1776 – pg. 2, col. 3
- −accepts bonds for sale of tobacco,
- −accepts list of members of Va. committees,
- −adv. for bids for addition to jailer's house,
- −adv. for bids for building at William and Mary college,
- −adv. for bids for building causeway,
- −adv. for missing horse,
- −adv. for missing mule,
- −adv. for payment of debts due estate of Mrs. Tate,
- −adv. for runaway slaves,
- −adv. issuance of copper money,
- −adv. land for sale,
- −adv. meetings of Williamsburg society of manufacturers,
- −adv. plantations for rent,
- −adv. property for sale,
- −adv. securities of James Tait for salt works,
- −adv. settlement of estates,
- −adv. tenements for sale,
- −agent of Mordecai Booth & co.,
- −agent of Burwell,
- −announces continuation of duty on tobacco,
- −announces discontinuance of law business,
- −announces end of duty on tobacco,
- −announces Patrick Henry,
- jr.,
- −announces rebates for damaged tobacco,
- −announces reply to Randolph's pamphlet,
- −announces taxes,
- −announces Va. convention,
- −appointed treasurer of Va.,
- −appoints signers of treasury notes,
- Purdie: Nov. 17, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie: Dec. 22, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Dec. 23, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie: Feb. 16, 1776 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie: Apr. 5, 1776 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 6, 1776 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Purdie: Apr. 26, 1776 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Apr. 27, 1776 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Purdie: July 5, 1776 – pg. 3, col. 2
- Dixon and Hunter: July 6, 1776 – pg. 5, col. 2
- Purdie: Oct. 18, 1776 – pg. 2, col. 3
- −authorized to pay expenses of Indian treaty,
- −burgess from James City co.,
- Va.,
- Purdie: Nov. 20, 1766 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Nov. 24, 1768 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: Nov. 24, 1768 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Purdie and Dixon: May 11, 1769 – pg. 4, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 14, 1769 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: Sept. 14, 1769 – pg. 2, col. 2
- Rind: Nov. 9, 1769 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Dec. 5, 1771 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: July 14, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: July 14, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Va.,
- −chairman of James City co.,
- −chairman of Va. peninsula meeting,
- −collects duties on slaves,
- −collects money for salt manufactory,
- −collects money for Va. delegates to Continental congress,
- −declines protection for treasury,
- −defendant in Va. chancery court,
- −delegate for James City co.,
- −discusses Church of England in Va.,
- −discusses counterfeiting,
- −discusses paper currency,
- −discusses separation of treasurer and speaker,
- −empowered to borrow money for public debt,
- −entertainment for discussed,
- −holds deed of trust for Phil Johnson,
- −house of,
- −instructed as delegate from James City co.,
- −judge of Va. chancery court,
- −letter (text) to Hoadleianus,
- −letters (text) from Samuel Henley,
- −letters (text) from Hoadleianus,
- −letters (text) to Samuel Henley,
- −manages lottery,
- −meeting at,
- −meets with freeholders,
- −notices to redeem treasury notes,
- −notices to tax collectors,
- −on committee for Williamsburg,
- −on committee of correspondence in Va.,
- −on committee of defense in Va.,
- −on committee of inspection,
- Williamsburg,
- −on committee on insane hospital,
- −on committee on petitions,
- −on committee to encourage manufacture in Va.,
- −on committee to investigate land grants,
- −on committee to purchase ammunition,
- −on committee to regulate counterfeiting,
- −ordered to give security,
- −orders statue of Gov. Botetourt,
- −plantation of,
- −prepares bill for relief of flood victims,
- −presents address to governor from burgesses,
- −president of Va. convention,
- −proposes day of fasting in Va.,
- −quarrel with Samuel Henley,
- Purdie and Dixon: Feb. 24, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 3, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 10, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 31, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 28, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: May 12, 1774 – pg. 4, col. 1
- Rind: May 19, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Feb. 25, 1775 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Purdie: Mar. 10, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Pinkney: Mar. 23, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 2
- Pinkney: Mar. 23, 1775 – pg. 2, col. 3
- −recommends establishment of salt manufactory,
- −requests accounts of creditors of Col. Philip Johnson,
- −requests list of acting justices in counties,
- −requests payment for public tobacco,
- −requests payment of bonds,
- −requests payment of taxes,
- Purdie: May 23, 1766 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: May 30, 1766 – pg. 4, col. 1
- Purdie: July 4, 1766 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: July 18, 1766 – pg. 4, col. 2
- Rind: Mar. 3, 1768 – pg. 3, col. 4
- Purdie and Dixon: Sept. 29, 1768 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: Sept. 29, 1768 – pg. 2, col. 4
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 21, 1771 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Rind: Mar. 21, 1771 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Dec. 17, 1772 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Rind: Dec. 17, 1772 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: Jan. 7, 1773 – pg. 2, col. 1
- Purdie and Dixon: Mar. 17, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Rind: Mar. 17, 1774 – pg. 2, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: Apr. 7, 1774 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Rind: Apr. 14, 1774 – pg. 3, col. 1
- Dixon and Hunter: Mar. 4, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 1
- Purdie: Oct. 27, 1775 – pg. 1, col. 2
- −requests presentation of demands on treasury,
- −resigns as Va. treasurer,
- −signs Va. Association,
- −subscriber for opening James river falls,
- −supports John Bracken
- −toasted by Va. Association,
- −Robert Carter,
- −Capt.,
- +Nicholas Nameless,
- +Nicholas's hill,
- Pa.,
- See: British army at
- Pa.,
- +Nicholl,
- −Mr.,
- −assemblyman in N. Y.,
- See also: Nicoll
- −Mr.,
- +Nichols,
- −Capt.,
- −of the Eagle,
- −of the Hammond,
- −of the Industry,
- −Lt.,
- of the Hind,
- −Major,
- in Lake George battle,
- −Ephraim,
- −Francis,
- −James,
- −adv. dissolution of partnership,
- −adv. for ferrymen,
- −adv. for journeymen barbers,
- −adv. for missing horses,
- −adv. houses for rent,
- −adv. wigmaking and hairdressing,
- −barber in Williamsburg,
- −requests settlement of accounts,
- −Rebecca,
- −Solomon,
- −[Thomas],
- −Capt.,
- +Nichols, Charlton &,
- +Nichol's early pea seeds,
- for sale,
- in Williamsburg,
- for sale,
- +Nicholson,
- −Capt.,
- −of the America,
- −of the Defence,
- −of the Elizabeth,
- −of Sussex co.,
- Va.,
- −of the Virginia,
- −Col.,
- attacks British at St. Pierre,
- −James,
- −John,
- Capt.,
- of the Baltimore,
- Capt.,
- −Joseph,
- −Joshua,
- −Michael,
- −Robert,
- −adv. cabinetmakers tools for sale,
- −adv. for missing horse,
- −chosen to committee,
- −death of,
- −letter in post office,
- −sale at door of,
- −Samuel,
- −Thomas,
- −Willard,
- −William,
- −on committee for Sussex co.,
- −runaway convict servant,
- See also: Nicolson
- −Capt.,
- +Nicholson, armed ship,
- +Nickens (Nicknes),
- +Nickerson,
- −Ansell,
- −Thomas,
- +Nickle,
- +Nickolas,
- +Nicks,
- −Robert,
- +Nicobar is.,
- E. Ind.,
- taken by imperialists,
- E. Ind.,
- +Nicol,
- −Capt.,
- of the Betsey Richmond,
- −Capt.,
- +Nicola,
- −Lewis,
- +Nicoli,
- runaway French seaman,
- +Nicoll,
- −Mr.,
- opposes second Continental congress,
- −W.,
- speaker of N. Y. general assembly;
- See also: Nichol
- −Mr.,
- +Nicolls,
- +Nicolson,
- −James,
- −Robert,
- Purdie and Dixon: Jan. 28, 1768 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Rind: Dec. 22, 1768 – pg. 1, col. 3
- Purdie and Dixon: June 20, 1771 – pg. 3, col. 3
- Dixon and Hunter: Nov. 27, 1778 – pg. 3, col. 2
- −adv. estates for sale,
- −adv. finding gold watch,
- −adv. finding horse,
- −adv. for absconded tailor,
- −adv. for journeymen tailors,
- −adv. for mill builder,
- −adv. for missing horses,
- −adv. for old brass,
- −adv. garden seeds for sale,
- −adv. land for sale,
- −adv. lodgings,
- −adv. Mercer's Abridgment for sale,
- −adv. merchandise for sale,
- −adv. settlement of estates,
- −adv. slaves for hire,
- −adv. slaves for sale,
- −adv. to buy lot drawn in Byrd's lottery,
- −agent for gun manufactory,
- −announces departure,
- −announces discontinuance of lodgings,
- −collector for James Mercer,
- −gives account of Mercer's duel,
- −lodgings at,
- −plaintiff in suit,
- −Robert,
- −William,
- See also: Nicholson
- +Nicosia,
- Cyprus,
- harbor blockaded,
- Cyprus,
- +Nielson,
- Archibald,