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Hezekiah Niles founded The Weekly Register in 1811, and it continued in one form or another until 1849. During its run, it had four editors, three titles, and was published in three different cities, as follows:
Editors: Hezekiah Niles, William Ogden
Titles: The Weekly Register,
Places of publication:
Over 38 years, Niles’ Register published 75 volumes, each covering a 6-month period. (Fragments of a 76th volume were also published: See below.) Most volumes were 416 pages, although some were longer; the total number of pages in the work exceeds 30,000.
In the Cumulative Index, references are expressed in terms of volume and page number – e.g., “volume2, page 173.” This is all that is needed to look something up in either the bound or microform copies of the Register, both of which are organized by volumes. It is not necessary to know dates of publication to look articles up in the pages of the Register. However, most entries in the Cumulative Index include dates of publication as well.
"Supplements," "appendices," and "addenda" were occasionally published in conjunction with the regular weekly issues of the Register. When these were numbered consecutively with the regular weekly issues, they are indexed without special annotation. The addition of supplement, appendix, or addendum to a volume/page reference – as in “volume 7, page 144 (supplement)” -- indicates that the reference is to a "supplement" or an "appendix" or an "addendum" that was not numbered consecutively with the regular weekly issues. The occasions on which these supplementary publications appeared are noted below.
For those who are interested, the dates of publication of the various volumes of Niles' Register appear below.
Volume number Dates of publication (first issue in volume, last issue in volume)
1
2
3
[Volume 3 has an appendix that is numbered consecutively with the regular issues. There is also an addendum.]
4
[Volume 4 has an appendix that is numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
5
[Volume 5 has an supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues. There are also two addenda.]
6
7
[Volume 7 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
8
[Volume 8 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
9
[Volume 9 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues. There is also an addendum.]
10 March 2, 1816 - August 24, 1816
11 August 31, 1816 - February 22, 1817
12 March 1, 1817 - August 23, 1817
13 August 30, 1817 - February 21, 1818
14 February 28, 1818 - August 22, 1818
15 August 29, 1818 - February 20, 1819
[Volume 15 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
16 February 27, 1819 - August 28, 1819
[Volume 16 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
17 September 4, 1819 - February 20, 1820
[Volume 17 has a supplement whose pages are numbered 113-115 despite the fact that three ordinary in-sequence pages bear those same numbers.]
18 March 4, 1820 - August 26, 1820
19 September 2, 1820 - February 24, 1821
20 March 3, 1821 - August 25, 1821
21 September 1, 1821 - February 28, 1822
22 March 2, 1822 - August 31, 1822
23 September 7, 1822 - March 1, 1823
[Volume 23 has a supplement that is
not numbered consecutively with the regular issues. The running heads in this supplement read “
24 March 8, 1823 - August 30, 1823
25 September 6, 1823 - February 28, 1824
26 March 6, 1824 - August 28, 1824
27 September 4, 1824 - February 26, 1825
28 March 5, 1825 - August 27, 1825
29 September 23, 1825 - February 25, 1826
30 March 4, 1826 - August 26, 1826
31 September 2, 1826 - February 24, 1827
32 March 3, 1827 - August 25, 1827
33 September 1, 1827 - February 23, 1828
34 March 1, 1828 - August 23, 1828
35 September 30, 1828 - February 21, 1829
36 February 28, 1829 - August 22, 1829
37 August 29, 1829 - February 20, 1830
38 February 27, 1830 - August 21, 1830
[Volume 38 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
39 August 28, 1830 - February 26, 1831
40 March 5, 1831 - August 27, 1831
41 September 3, 1831 - February 25, 1832
[Volume 41 has an addendum that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues.]
42 March 3, 1832 - August 25, 1832
[Volume 42 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues. There is also an addendum.]
43 September 1, 1832 - February 23, 1833
[Volume 43 has a supplement that is not numbered consecutively with the regular issues]
44 March 2, 1833 - August 24, 1833
45 August 31, 1833 - February 22, 1834
46 March 1, 1834 - August 30, 1834
47 September 6, 1834 - February 28, 1835
48 March 7, 1835 - August 29, 1835
49 September 5, 1835 - February 27, 1836
50 March 5, 1836 - August 27, 1836
51 September 3, 1836 - February 25, 1837
52 March 4, 1837 - August 26, 1837
53 September 2, 1837 - February 24, 1838
54 March 3, 1838 - August 25, 1838
55 September 1, 1838 - February 23, 1839
56 March 2, 1839 - August 24, 1839
57 August 31, 1839 - February 29, 1840
58 March 7, 1840 - August 29, 1840
59 September 5, 1840 - February 27, 1841
60 March 6, 1841 - August 28, 1841
61 September 4, 1841 - February 26, 1842
62 March 5, 1842 - August 27, 1842
63 September 3, 1842 - February 25, 1843
64 March 4, 1843 - August 26, 1843
65 September 2, 1843 - February 24, 1844
66 March 2, 1844 - August 31, 1844
67 September 7, 1844 - March 1, 1845
68 March 8, 1845 - August 30, 1845
69 September 6, 1845 - February 28, 1846
70 March 7, 1846 - August 29, 1846
71 September 5, 1846 - February 27, 1847
72 March 6, 1847 - August 28, 1847
73 September 4, 1847 - February 26, 1848
[gap in publication]
74 July 5, 1848 - December 27, 1848
75 January 3, 1849 - June 27, 1849
Three abbreviated issues of a proposed volume 76 of Niles' appeared in September, 1849. These were numbered 13, 14, and 15. (Apparently, numbers 1-12 were never published.) The contents of these three issues are not included in this cumulative index.