Kentucky Gazette
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The Kentucky Gazette was an early American newspaper based in Lexington, Kentucky, influential in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as a primary source of regional news and political commentary.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | newspaper ⓘ |
| cityOfPublication | Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredArea |
Kentucky frontier communities
ⓘ
Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat |
single-issue sales
ⓘ
subscription ⓘ |
| founder | John Bradford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
newspaper
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political newspaper ⓘ regional newspaper ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
digital scans
ⓘ
microfilm copies ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early 19th century
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late 18th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1787 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | Lexington, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
commercial advertising
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political commentary ⓘ public notices ⓘ regional news ⓘ |
| medium | print newspaper ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being cited in historical research on early American West
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coverage of early Kentucky and U.S. politics ⓘ coverage of frontier and settlement issues in Kentucky ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | varied over time ⓘ |
| printingTechnology | letterpress printing ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | periodical ⓘ |
| publisher | John Bradford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Kentucky
NERFINISHED
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Trans-Appalachian West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
forum for political debate in early Kentucky
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primary source of regional news in early Kentucky ⓘ source for historians of early Kentucky history ⓘ vehicle for official government notices in Kentucky ⓘ |
| significance |
one of the earliest newspapers west of the Allegheny Mountains
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one of the first newspapers in Kentucky ⓘ |
| state | Kentucky ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
archival microfilm collections
ⓘ
digital newspaper archives ⓘ historical studies of early American newspapers ⓘ |
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