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Madras Courier
*Multiple editions of the ''Madras Courier'' are available on the Tamil Digital Library, category Periodicals. Currently (2018/12/15), there are 417 editions but unfortunately it is not possible to easily locate them. Publications for the years 1793, 1795, 1797, 1803, 1805-1814, have been noted, although it is possible there are additional years. Currently, from the [http://tamildigitallibrary.in Search], first click on E (for English) at the top of the webpage, click on Periodicals, then use the search term Madras Courier. You should be presented with a list of thumbnail book covers. Hover your mouse to see the titles. Alternatively use the [http://tamildigitallibrary.in/common-advance-search?tag1=மேம்பட்ட%20தேடல் Advanced Search], 'Select Category' choose Periodicals and use the search term Madras Courier as the title. A box with Tamil text may appear, click on it and select English. A list of search results will be presented, currently 417. If you leave the number of items per search result page as 10, you are then able to click on the tab 'Select Volume' to view the editions included - (if you select more results per page, you are still only presented with a list of 10 editions). Searching by keywords does not appear to be successful. For a name search try a Google search: Name of interest site:tamildigitallibrary.in. Note however the underlying text may be poor quality, with small font size, so OCR searching may also be of poor quality. The online Tamil Virtual Library viewer has the facility to use your full computer screen. As an example, marriage, birth and death notices were noted on the front page of Volume XXV (25) Number 1249 September 13 1809.
*[https://archive.org/details/MadrasCourier1819 ''Madras Courier January 12 1819''] Archive.org. It is recommended that the newspaper be read using the single page option. Some of the pages are torn and incomplete.
*Nearly 4,000 entries transcribed from the Madras Courier have been uploaded to the FIBIS database website, see FIBIS database [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1144&s_id=103 Madrid Courier 1792-1819] (broken range, 16 datasets).
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