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ProQuest Historical Newspapers™— The Hartford Courant is a unique full-image archive of the oldest continually published newspaper in the nation. The Hartford Courant was recently added to the ProQuest Historical Newspaper collection in December 2006. New content is added regularly. The Hartford Courant will offer complete coverage from 1764-1984 when completed by the end of 2006.

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As part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers program, every issue of this title includes the complete paper –cover to cover - with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF. And the database just keeps growing, with an additional year of content added annually.

The Historical Hartford Courant gives researchers quick, accurate Web access to rich newspaper coverage to a newspaper that bills itself as "Older than the Nation". It includes:

• Complete coverage from 1764-1984, when completed in 2006
• Fervent backer of U.S. Independence- most circulated newspaper during the American Revolution
• First-hand coverage of such key events in early American History as the Declaration of Independence, the Stamp Tax, the Boston Tea Party and the Revolutionary War
• Chronicle of slavery in early American life, with coverage from fugitive-slave ads through abolitionism and emancipation
• Contributions from Mark Twain, a 20-year resident of Hartford
• Cross-searchable with American Periodicals Series (1741 through early 20th century)
• Display and classified ads

The database also:

• Saves vital research time
• Allows users to conduct long-term thematic research in a single search
• Serves multiple users, onsite and remote

Subscribers also qualify to purchase a perpetual-access license to the early backfile text and images. Ask for details.

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ProQuest Historical Newspapers also offers historical coverage of other leading U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Constitution, and the Boston Globe.

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