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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.
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.
Excerpts from issues for May and June 1866.
Excerpts for June 20 to August 14, 1866.
Excerpts from the Gleaner from August to October 1866.
Excerpts from November - December 1866.
1877 Trelawny Estates in cultivation
Gleaner January to March 1886
Gleaner April to August 1886
Gleaner September to December 1886
Gleaner January to February 1887
Gleaner March to May 1887
Gleaner June to July 1887
Gleaner August to September 1887
Gleaner October to December 1887
Triweekly Gleaner, January 2, 1894
Triweekly Gleaner, February 3, 1894.
Triweekly Gleaners, January-February 1894, comments on the Railway
January 18, 1907, earthquake report and death list
January 18, 1907 earthquake continued, injured list and country damages
January 21, 1907, additional earthquake victims
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.
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