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This archive includes issues of the Barnstable Patriot from 1830 to 2017, and the Register from 1836 to 2017.
The Barnstable Patriot began publication with its first weekly issue on June 26, 1830. The Patriot is the oldest continuous, uninterrupted publication in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and is the seventh oldest newspaper in the United States. The Patriot initially covered Cape-wide and national news, with a special focus on the Town of Barnstable.
The Register (also called the Yarmouth Register and Dennis-Yarmouth Register) began publication in 1836, and often espoused opposite political views than those voiced in the Patriot. It, too, covered Cape-wide and national news, with a special focus on Yarmouth, Dennis, and later Barnstable as well.
Both the Patriot and Register are still being published today.
Microfilm copies of both papers are available for viewing and printing at Sturgis Library. The Library also houses print copies of the Patriot from the 1880s to date.
This project was initially funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as administered by the state of Massachusetts. Additional funds for the first phase of the project were provided by the Lothropp Family Foundation and the Town of Barnstable Community Preservation Committee
The second phase of the project was funded by the Community Preservation Committees of the Town of Barnstable, the Town of Dennis, and the Town of Yarmouth. We are very grateful for their enthusiastic support for this project.
If you have questions about this newspaper archive, please contact Lucy Loomis, Director of the Sturgis Library at (508) 362-6636 or sturgislibrary@comcast.net.
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