Description
Published:Began with: Numb. 122 (22-25 Feb. 1696).
Ceased with: No. 6081 (25 Dec. 1733).
Numb. 54. (From Tuesday September 17. to Thursday September 19. [1695])-
Ceased with: Numb. 121 (February 20/22, 1696).
Item Description:Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
Title varies.
From "no later than 1697" edited by George Ridpath; from sometime in 1713, edited by Stephen Whatley. Cf. McLeod.
Dates of some issues given according to Lady Day dating.
Imprint from colophon.
Imprint varies.
Originally printed as a folio half-sheet, during 1713 appeared as a small folio of four or six pages.
Some issues signed at head of title.
The chief Whig newspaper during the reign of Queen Anne. Cf. McLeod.
Description based on: Numb. 128 (From Saturday March 7. to Tuesday March 10. 1696); title from caption.
Latest issue consulted: Numb. 5808 (Tuesday February 2. 1731).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Publication Frequency:Three times a week
Related Items:Some issues reprinted in Edinburgh, 1696.
Reprinted in Dublin by Cornelius Carter, beginning in Mar.? 1699? And apparently the source for other Irish newspapers: reprints, copies or piracies, between 1699? and 1725.
In Aug. 1712 absorbed The Medley, which was separately numbered for the first six issues then continued unnumbered, but with a section title, as part of every second or third issue of The Flying-post until Jan. 1713. Cf. McLeod.
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.