Cambridge Chronicle

Collection Number MSA SC 2842 [OCLC 9406292]
PublisherG. W. Callahan
LocationCambridge, Dorchester County, MD | View more titles from this: City, County, State
MSA Collection Dates1830-1855
Publication Dates1828-1855
Collection History
(Cambridge, Dorchester County: G. W. Callahan)

The Cambridge Chronicle began publication in 1828 and ceased in 1855[?]. It was published weekly. Title history based on June 21, 1828 [v. 4, no. 207]. It was published as the Cambridge Weekly Chronicle, and Farmer's Register, January 5-July 13, 1839. The newspaper continues the Cambridge Chronicle and Maryland Weekly Advertiser (Cambridge: 1827) and was absorbed by the American Eagle (Cambridge: 1855).

A more complete collection of the Cambridge Chronicle is available at the Library of Congress and the Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge.

For abstracts, see: Walter E. Arps, Jr., Before the Fire: Genealogical Gleanings from the Cambridge (MD) Chronicle 1830-1855 (Lutherville: Betty Carothers, 1978); F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts Southern Counties 1830-1834 vol. 8 (Silver Spring: Family Line Publications, 1985).
Related Titles
American Eagle
Before the Fire: Genealogical Gleanings from the Cambridge (MD) Chronicle 1830-1855
Cambridge Chronicle and Maryland Weekly Advertiser
Cambridge Chronicle
Cambridge Weekly Chronicle, and Farmer's Register
Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts Southern Counties 1830-1834

MediumOriginal, microfilm, electronic
RestrictionsRESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Registrar or the Director of the Maryland Newspaper Project
Film No.SCM 1073, SCM 8778
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Enoch Pratt Free Library (MDB) 1829-1832, 1836, 1846-1852, 1854
MDBE FM (1829:1:24) (1830:10:30) (1831:1:1) (1832:2:25, 3:31, 5:19) (1836:3:12) (1846:9:5,19, 10:3-10:31, 11:28-12:19) (1847:1:2-23, 2:13, 3:26, 4:24, 5:1-8, 7:3, 24, 9:4-25, 10:9, 11:13, 12:18) (1848:1:15-29, 2:12-26, 3:11-18, 4:1-5:6, 5:20-6:24, 7:15-22, 8:5-12, 9:23, 10:14, 12:9,23) (1849:2:24, 3:17, 4:28, 6:2-9,30, 8:11-18) (1850:11:23) (1851:2:1) (1852:3:20, 9:4) (1854:1:21-28, 2:11,25, 3:25, 9:16)
MDBE FMM (1829:1:24) (1830:10:30) (1831:1:1) (1832:2:25, 3:31, 5:19) (1836:3:12) (1846:9:5,19, 10:3-10:31, 11:28-12:19) (1847:1:2-23, 2:13, 3:26, 4:24, 5:1-8, 7:3,24, 9:4-25, 10:9, 11:13, 12:18) (1848:1:15-29, 2:12-26, 3:11-18, 4:1-5:6, 5:20-6:24, 7:15-22, 8:5-12, 9:23, 10:14, 12:9,23) (1849:2:24, 3:17, 4:28, 6:2-9,30, 8:11-18) (1850:11:23) (1851:2:1) (1852:3:20, 9:4) (1854:1:21-28, 2:11,25, 3:25, 9:16)

American Antiquarian Society - Newspaper Project (NPX) 1828, 1830-1831, 1836
NPXX OR (1828:8:30-9:6,20-27) (1830:12:25) (1831:7:23) (1836:1:9)

New York Public Library Research Library (NYP) 1836
NYPP OR *KSC (1836:1:2)

Maryland State Archives (XKF) 1830-1840, 1843-1846, 1855
XKFA FM (1830:12:25) (1843:9:23-11:25) (1844:2:17-6:22, 9:28-10:26) (1845:4:5-12:27) (1846:1:10-24) (1855:3:14) [Scattered issues missing.]
XKFA FMM (1830:12:25) (1843:9:23-11:25) (1844:2:17-6:22, 9:28-10:26) (1845:4:5-12:27) (1846:1:10-24) (1855:3:14) [Scattered issues missing.]
XKFA OR (1831-1832) (1833:10:12-1840:4:25) (1840:12:5) [Scattered issues missing.]

Dorchester County (XLE) 1830, 1843-1846, 1855
XLEC FM (1830:12:25) (1843:9:23-11:25) (1844:2:17-6:22, 9:28-10:26) (1845:4:5-12:27) (1846:1:10-24) (1855:3:14) [Dorchester County Public Library.]
XLEC OR (1830:12:25) (1843:9:23-11:25) (1844:2:17-6:22, 9:28-10:26) (1845:4:5-12:27) (1846:1:10-24) (1855:3:14) [Dorchester County Public Library.]