The Argosy (newspaper)

The Argosy was a newspaper published in Georgetown, Demerara, in British Guiana (later Guyana) from 2 October 1880 to 30 March 1907. It became the Weekly Argosy with effect from the issue of 6 April 1907 and ceased publication with the issue of 24 October 1908.

Politics

The Argosy has been described as representing the planter interest in British Guiana.[1]

Legacy

The paper's reporting of births, marriages, and deaths make it an important primary source for genealogists interested in British Guiana. A compilation of its family notices is held on microfilm at the British Library.[2]

In 1979, its columns were also a primary source for Walter Rodney's Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Contemporary Description from the "Argosy" (Release Publishers, Georgetown).[3]

References

Rodney, Walter. (Ed. & Introduction) (1979) Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Contemporary Description from the "Argosy". Georgetown: Release Publishers. p. x.
The Argosy. British Library. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
Boyd, Kelly. (Ed.) (1999). Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing Vol. 2 M-Z. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 1001–1002. ISBN 978-1-884964-33-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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[1] Rodney, Walter. (Ed. & Introduction) (1979) Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Contemporary Description from the "Argosy". Georgetown: Release Publishers. p. x.

[2] The Argosy. British Library. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[Boyd-3] Boyd, Kelly. (Ed.) (1999). Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing Vol. 2 M-Z. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. pp. 1001–1002. ISBN 978-1-884964-33-6.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)