Weekly Jamaica Courant.
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| Format: | Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | 17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic resource |
| Published: | Began: May 27 1718. Ceased in 1755. |
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| Item Description: | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). Editor from 1718-1721: Robert Baldwin, who started the first press in Jamaica. Cf. McMurtrie. Imprint from colophon. Imprint varies. Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating. Note below title: Publish'd by authority. Price in square brackets follows imprint: Price one bit, or three half-crowns a quarter. No. 11 has chronological designation: Wednesday, August 5. 1718. In fact 5 Aug. 1718 was a Tuesday. Description based on: Numb. [X] (Wednesday, July 30, 1718); title from caption. Latest issue consulted: Numb. CCXXXV (Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1722) Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Publication Frequency: | Weekly |
| Place of Publication: | Jamaica -- Kingston. |