The list below provides links to free online resources for historical newspapers.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived from 1960 to 1963.
Phase I, which can be found on this site, covers the period from October 26, 1841 to December 31, 1902, representing half of the Eagle's years of publication. This period includes all of the years for which there is no index as well as the eleven years during which an index was published. Approximately 147,000 pages of newspaper in various digital formats are contained in this online repository. Access can be gained either by date of issue or by keyword searching.
Did you know the first newspaper in the United States was printed in 1690?
Below you'll find a number of primary sources for US History.
Primary sources are original materials and first-hand accounts of an event and are typically created at the time the event took place.
