The Argosy (newspaper) explained

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. It was founded by James Thompson.^[1]

Publishing

The Argosy was contracted by the government to print ‘The Official Gazette’ as well as agricultural reports and mining data. In 1909, The Argosy published a Handbook of British Guiana. At the time, they listed 3 papers in circulation; The Daily Argosy, The Argosy (weekly), and The Sportsman's Argosy (weekly, Mondays).^[2]

The Argosy has been described as representing the planter interest in British Guiana.^[3]

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.^[4]

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).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Newspaper – National Archives of Guyana. 2020-12-29. en-US.
2. Book: Bayley, George D.. Handbook of British Guiana, 1909. Comprising general and statistical information concerning the colony. Permanent Exhibitions Committee of British Guiana. 1909. [Georgetown] Printed by "the Argosy" company, limited; Boston, J.H. Stark; [etc., etc.]. The Library of Congress.
3. Rodney, Walter. (Ed. & Introduction) (1979) Guyanese Sugar Plantations in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Contemporary Description from the "Argosy". Georgetown: Release Publishers. p. x.
4. http://explore.bl.uk/BLVU1:LSCOP-ALL:BLL01013927298 The Argosy.
5. Book: Boyd, Kelly. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing Vol. 2 M-Z. 1999. Fitzroy Dearborn. Chicago. 978-1-884964-33-6. 1001–1002.