Description
Published:Began in 1725?
Ceased in 1735?
Item Description:Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
Other title information varies; up to number 88 (18 March 1734), issues have subtitle: "being more in quantity than any thing of the kind publish'd at the price" and from no 89 (20 March 1734): "to which is added, a collection of trials of persons for high treason, murder, rapes, heresy, &c.".
Imprint from undated colophon.
Includes serialized stories and novels (e.g. Don Quixote).
Description based on: Numb. 109. (Monday, January 3, 1726.); title from caption.
Latest issue consulted: No 120 (Friday, May 31, 1734.)
Reference sources (apart from NCBEL) suggest that this paper started in 1733.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Publication Frequency:Three times a week
Related Items:Any relationship between this title and other similar titles, such as James Read's 'The Penny post: or Tradesman's select pacquet' of 1717, or 'The Penny London post or Morning advertiser' in the 1740s is unclear.
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.