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Grahamstown Journal

According to the catalogue of the Cory Library, the first issue of this newspaper was on the 30th December 1831. That library has a complete set to 1919 in microform.   Sue Mackay, who transcribed these excerpts seems to have been exceptionally lucky, therefore, to have found printed copies available at the National Archives in Kew, London. She writes: Original copies of the Grahamstown Journal at Kew can be found in CO53/13 (1832-1836),  CO53/14 (1837-1840),  CO53/15 (1841-1846),  CO53/16 (1847-1849)  and CO53/17 (1850-1853).  In reality CO53/13 contains almost nothing and the sole extract from this file, dated 19 June 1835, is included at the start of CO53/14.

In January 2015 the original copies of The Grahamstown Journal originally held at The British Library in Colindale, now transferred to Boston Spa in Yorkshire, became available to order at the new Newsroom in the British Library at St.Pancras, London, and the ban on digital photography was lifted. Sue Mackay is therefore continuing with her transcriptions. The Shelf Mark for the Grahamstown Journal at the British Library is NEWS15493.  After 1864 the newspaper was officially called The Journal. 

The British Library hold some issues from 1832-1836 and transcriptions of these have been added to fill in some of the gaps before the issues at the National Archives start.

Scans of original images 1831-1923 (some more legible than others) can be found here. Click on the year in the Calendar and then on the date concerned to bring up the relevant issue.

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Grahamstown Journal 1832 - 1 - January to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4812
Grahamstown Journal 1832 - 2 - July to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4887
Grahamstown Journal 1833 - 1 - January to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4864
Grahamstown Journal 1833 - 2 - July to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4603
Grahamstown Journal 1834 - 1 - January to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4465
Grahamstown Journal 1834 - 2 - July to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 3989
Grahamstown Journal 1835 - 1 - January to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 10960
Grahamstown Journal 1835 - 2 - July to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4396
Grahamstown Journal 1836 - 1 - January to June Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4451
Grahamstown Journal 1836 - 2 - July to December Contributed by Sue Mackay Hits: 4011

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