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The "Gleaner" was first published in Jamaica on September 13, 1834, by the brothers Jacob and Joshua deCordova . Originally it was published weekly on Saturdays, and consisted of 4 pages. It grew and became a daily newspaper. It is still published daily, and it is the leading newspaper on the island. Some of the excerpts here appear on pages to which everyone has free access, marked [F]. Other pages are in those accessible only to Members, marked [M].
Excerpts include information on births, deaths, marriages, passengers arriving and departing by ship in Jamaica, earthquake, fires, government appointments, court cases, and other items of note.
Excerpts from issues for October 1865 including reports on the Morant Bay Rebellion.[M]
Excerpts from issues for May and June 1866.[F]
Excerpts for June 20 to August 14, 1866. [F]
Excerpts from the Gleaner from August to October 1866. [F]
Excerpts from November - December 1866. [M]
January 1867 [M]
February 1867 [M]
March 1867 [M]
May 1867 [M]
June 1867 [F]
July 1867 [M]
August 1867 [M]
September 1867 [M]
October 1867 [F]
March 1868 [F]
June 1868 [M]
January 1869 [M]
April 1869 [M]
May- June 1869 [M]
September 1869 [M]
October 1869 [F]
January 1872 [F]
February 1872 [M]
March 1872 [M]
April 1872 [M]
May 1872 [M]
June - July 1872 [M]
August 1872 [M]
May to June 1873 [M]
September to December 1874 [M]
September to December 1875 [M]
May to July 1877 [M]
1877 Trelawny Estates in cultivation [F]
May to June 1880 [M]
September to December 1881 [M]
September to December 1882 [M]
May to July 1883 [M]
Gleaner January to March 1886 [M]
Gleaner April to August 1886 [M]
Gleaner September to December 1886 [M]
Gleaner January to February 1887 [M]
Gleaner March to May 1887 [M]
Gleaner June to July 1887 [M]
Gleaner August to September 1887 [M]
Gleaner October to December 1887 [M]
Triweekly Gleaner, January 2, 1894 [M]
Triweekly Gleaner, February 3, 1894. [M]
Triweekly Gleaners, January-February 1894, comments on the Railway [F]
January 18, 1907, earthquake report and death list [F]
January 18, 1907 earthquake continued, injured list and country damages [F]
January 21, 1907, additional earthquake victims [F]
Some of the new recruits for the Jamaica War Contingent in December 1916. Enlistments.
In 1920 the Gleaner published the Calabar Institution Report for 1919, with lists of Baptist ministers. [M]
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