Seattle's longest-running newspaper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, is the descendant of the city's earliest newspaper, The Seattle Gazette. First published in 1863, the Gazette was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867, and became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876. The Daily Intelligencer and The Post (begun in 1878) merged in 1881, establishing The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The P-I continues to serve the city as of 2019, although since 2009 as an online-only publication.
The issue of The Weekly Intelligencer pictured here features local advertisements, notices, and news, as well as articles and news reprinted from other newspapers. At the time the newspaper was owned by Samuel L. Maxwell (1843-1882), who in 1867 paid the previous owner $300 for the Ramage printing press, subscription list, and other assets. The original Ramage hand printing press narrowly survived the Great Fire of 1889, and is now in the collection of the Museum of History & Industry.
Caption information source: "Newspapers of Washington Territory," by Edmond S. Meany, The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 3 (1923, July), pp. 186-200. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/WHQ/article/view/6452/5526 Caption information source: "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (1863-2009)" by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 8956. Caption information source: "Adam Ramage and his One-pull Common Press," retrieved from https://printinghistory.org/ramage-one-pull-hand-press
Physical Description: 1 newspaper (2 p.) : b&w ; 13.5 x 20.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
