Gazeta De Puerto-Rico (San Juan, P.R.) 1806-19??
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
10,643 issues from 1836 to 1902, published in San Juan, Puerto Rico, digitised for Chronicling America.
The earliest Latin American prints date back to 1539, long before the printing press arrived in Puerto Rico. It is widely agreed that La Gaceta (“The Gazette”) in San Juan marked the beginning of the printing press in the island. Even though its first issues are not available, the origin of La Gaceta can be traced back to 1806 during the governorship of Toribio Montes. La Gaceta was the official newspaper of the Spanish government in Puerto Rico, and therefore is a primary research source for studying the colonial Spanish regime through the 19th century.
The first issue consisted of four pages, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays, under the title La Gazeta de Puerto–Rico. By 1810, the spelling was changed to La Gaceta. With the advent of a liberal government in Spain, it adopted in 1820 the title la Gaceta del gobierno constitucional de Puerto-Rico. “After 1826, it was renamed la Gaceta del gobierno de Puerto-Rico, and publication moved to Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. In 1859, the title was shortened yet again to la Gaceta de Puerto-Rico, which remained the title used during its remaining years. In 1897, the paper began daily publication with the exception of Sundays, but this changed in 1898 to daily except Mondays, the way it remained until La Gaceta ceased in 1902.
La Gaceta offers detailed information about the colonial government in Puerto Rico including reports from the governor, treasury, customs, commerce, internal revenues, postal services, royal…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress