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If planning any research, check with the institution holding copies. Many holdings are only partial

for the period of publication.

Newspapers were frequently sold, merged, or simply renamed. No attempt has been made to document

the history of the newspaper ownership itself.

Marylander
City:	Princess Anne, MD (Somerset Co.)
Pub:	1881?-1898
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives Somerset Herald Office, Crisfield, MD Talbot County Free Library Wicomico County Historical Society

Marylander and Herald
City:	Princess Anne, MD (Somerset Co.)
Pub:	1898-1984
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives Somerset County Public Library Somerset Herald Office, Crisfield, MD The Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture

Maryland Beacon
City:	Berlin, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	?-?
	Copies:	No known copies

Maryland Censor
City:	Talbot
Pub:
	History Talbot Co
	Copies:	American Centennial Newspapers (1878 only) Maryland State Archives Talbot County Free Library

Maryland Citizen
City:	Centreville, MD (Queen Anne’s Co.)
Pub:	1860-1879?
	Copies:	American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA American Centennial Newspapers (1878 only) Maryland State Archives Talbot County Free Library

Maryland Coast Press
City:	Ocean City, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1969-1988
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives

Maryland Courier
City:	Federalsburg, MD (Caroline Co.)
Pub:	1872-1883
	From 1878 Maryland Gazette: “FEDERALSBURG MARYLAND COURIER, Saturdays, Independent; subscription $1.10; established 1872. Wm. D. Noble, editor and publisher.”
	Copies:	American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA Dorchester County Public Library Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives

Maryland Eagle
City:
Pub:
	Copies:	No known copies

Maryland Herald and Eastern Shore Intelligencer
City:	Easton, MD (Talbot Co.)
Pub:	1790-1799
	Published under different names from 1790 to 1804. Renamed Herald and Eastern Shore intelligencer starting in 1799.
	Copies:	American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Library of Congress Maryland State Archives Somerset County Historical Society Talbot County Free Library For abstracts, see: Robert W. Barnes, Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1786-1790 (Silver Spring: Family Line Publications, 1975); Robert Barnes, Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers 1791-1795 (Lutherville: Bettie Carothers, 1976); F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts 1790-1805 vol. 1 (Silver Spring: Family Line Publications, 1981).

Maryland Independent
City:	Easton, MD (Talbot Co.)
Pub:	1930-?
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives Talbot County Free Library

Maryland Sentinel
City:	Centreville, MD (Queen Anne’s Co.)
Pub:	1847?-? (at least 1854)
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

Maryland Times-Press
City:	Ocean City, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1988-
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives

The Maryland Tribune
City:	Salisbury, MD (Wicomico Co.)
Pub:	1914 - 1919
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

Mid-Shore Times
City:	Easton, MD (Talbot Co.)
Pub:	1956-1959?
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives Talbot County Free Library

Moral Reformer
City:	Vienna, MD (Dorchester Co.)
Pub:	1885?-? (at least 1888)
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

New Era
City:	Salisbury, MD (Wicomico Co.)
Pub:	1868-1868?
	Copies:	No known copies

New Farm
City:	Preston, MD (Caroline Co.)
Pub:	1887?-?
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives News & Farmer Office, Federalsburg, MD

New Jersey Farmer
City:	Easton, MD (Talbot Co.)
Pub:	1988-?
	It was also issued as a supplement to the Delmarva Farmer
	Copies:	No known copies

News and Farmer
City:	Preston, MD (Caroline Co.), Federalsburg, MD (Caroline Co.)
Pub:	1962-
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives News & Farmer Office, Federalsburg, MD

New Town Record
City:	Newtown, MD (Worcester Co.) [renamed to Pocomoke City in 1878]
Pub:	1865-?
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

Newtown Gazette
City:	Newtown, MD (Worcester Co.) [renamed to Pocomoke City in 1878]
Pub:	1869?-1871
	Copies:	No known copies

Newtown Record and Gazette
City:	Newtown, MD (Worcester Co.) [renamed to Pocomoke City in 1878]
Pub:	1871?-1874?
	From 1878 Maryland Gazette: “NEWTOWN-RRCORD&GAZETTE, Saturdays, Independent; subscription $2; established 1865. A. J. Merrill, editor and publisher.”
	Copies:	American Centennial Newspapers (1878 only) Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives

Ocean Pines Gazette
City:	Berlin, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1995-
	Copies:	Ocean Pines Gazette

Ocean City Post
City:	Ocean City, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1952?-?
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

Ocean City Times
City:	Ocean City, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	circa 1985
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD

Ocean News
City:	Ocean City, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1958?-?
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

Oxford Enterprise
City:	Oxford, MD (Talbot Co.)
Pub:	1880-?
	A Democratic Party supporter
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives Oxford Museum

Pearl
City:	Denton, MD (Caroline Co.)
Pub:	1840?-1845?
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives

Peninsula Democrat
City:	Easton, MD (Talbot Co.)
Pub:	circa 1901 (start and end dates unknown)
	Copies:	Maryland State Archives Talbot County Free Library

Peninsula Ledger
City:	Pocomoke City, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1885-1896?
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives Wicomico County Historical Society Worcester County Public Library

Peninsula Patron
City:	Salisbury, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	circa 1879?
	Copies:	No known copies

Peninsula Press
City:	Snow Hill, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1893-?
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives Worcester County Public Library
City:	Crisfield, MD (Somerset Co.)
Pub:	1947-? (at least 1950)
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD

(The ) People
City:	Snow Hill, MD (Worcester Co.)
Pub:	1914?-?
	Copies:	Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD Maryland State Archives Worcester County Public Library

People’s Monitor
City:
Pub:	1809-1817
	Copies:	American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA Maryland Historical Society Maryland State Archives For abstracts, see: F. Edward Wright, Maryland Eastern Shore Newspaper Abstracts 1813-1818 vol. 3 (Silver Spring, MD: Family Line Publications, 1982).
City:
Pub:
	History Talbot Co
	Copies:

People’s Press
City:	Princess Anne, MD (Somerset Co.)
Pub:	1836-1838?
	Copies:	American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA Maryland State Archives

Pilot

City: