Flying Post.
| Previous Title: | Flying-post (London, England : 1695) Medley (London, England : 2nd. ser., 1712 : Baldwin/Baker) |
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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 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). |
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| 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. |