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This report is extracted from the 1000 Section (Confirmed Newspaper Indexes) of the 1979-1980 Edition of LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES: An illustrated guide to published and unpublished newspaper indexes in the United States and Canada.   Either a compiler, publisher or repository had confirmed the existance of this index and supplied information for the report. See the INTRODUCTION for the methodology used in compiling the LATHROP REPORT.
REPORT NO:  1095E Previous Report (1095D)  |  Next Report (1095F)
INDEX NAME:  Index for the Weekly Advertiser
NEWSPAPERS INDEXED:
  • WEEKLY ADVERTISER Fredricksburg VA 1853-1854;1857-1860
LOCATION or PUBLISHER: ROBERT A. HODGE
417 Pelham St
Fredricksburg VA 22401
AVAILABILITY:  Photocopies of the original transcript are available. Write for prices. Volumes available are: 1853 (12 pgs); 1854 (15 pgs); 1857 (20 pgs); 1858 (21 pgs); 1859 (19 pgs); 1860 (20 pgs). Copies of the index and the corresponding newspapers are available for public use in the Central Rappahannock Regional Library (Caroline & Lewis St; Fredricksburg VA 22401).
SCOPE OF INDEX:  An alphabetical index to all personal names and selected subjects for the locality of the newspaper.
FORMAT OF INDEX:  A book-form index typewritten on 8½x11 inch pages. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order and consist mostly of personal names (last name first) and a brief phrase describing the article. A code number preceding each entry is used to locate the correct date of the newspaper where the article appeared.
SIZE OF INDEX:  5,350 entries total in all 6 volumes.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Anita Cheek Milner. NEWSPAPER INDEXES: A LOCATION & SUBJECT GUIDE FOR RESEARCHERS. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen NJ, 1977.
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LATHROP REPORT ON NEWSPAPER INDEXES. 1979-1980 Edition. Copyright © 1979 by Norman Lathrop Enterprises. ISBN 0-910868-10-7. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior expressed permission of Norman Lathrop Enterprises, except as permitted by law.   Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the report at the time of publication.   However, it is imperative that the user contact the organization cited in a report for the current status of the index, especially if planning to visit the institution and do research using the index.