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103 v. |
Frequency |
Semiweekly |
Pub Date |
Numb. 1. (Friday, August 7, 1713.)- |
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Ceased with: numb. 103. (Friday, July 30. 1714.). Cf. McLeod. |
Note |
Prime movers and contributors include: Charles King, Henry Martin, and Joshua Gee. |
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Title from caption. |
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Imprint from colophon. |
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Imprint varies; no. 33-42: "Printed for Ferd. Burleigh, Jun."; no. 43-100: "Printed for Ferd. Burleigh"; Ann Baldwin's name reappears on no. 101. |
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Originally issued as a single half-sheet; later issues ran to as many as six folio pages. |
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Published as a Whig response to the Tory "Mercator", edited by Daniel Defoe; appears to have been more interested in party politics than economic or foreign news, apart from its detailed account of the import trade. Cf. McLeod. |
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Reproduction of original in the British Library. |
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Reprinted in 1721, 1743, 1744, 1748. |
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