The Virginia Gazette
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The Virginia Gazette is the local newspaper of Williamsburg, Virginia. Established in 1930, it is named for the historical Virginia Gazette published between 1736 and 1780. It is published twice a wee
The December 13, 2025, front page of The Virginia Gazette
Virginia Gazette, November 4, 1763
Clementina Rind
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Clementina Rind was a Colonial American woman who is known as being the first female newspaper printer and publisher in Virginia. Living and working in Williamsburg, Virginia, she took the printing pr
The Virginia Gazette
…In 1766 William Rind founded a competing newspaper also called The Virginia Gazette. This paper was published by Rind (1766–1773), then by his widow Clementina Rind (1773–1774), and finally John Pinkney (1774–1776). Its last issue was printed on February 3, 1776. On February 3, 1775, Alexander Purdie, previously a…
statue of Clementina Rind at the Virginia Women's Monument
The Virginia Gazette February 10, 1775