Description
Published:Began with no. 42 (14 May 1720); ceased: 17 March 1744
Item Description:Editorship attributed to: J. Pitt (compare NCBEL).
Imprint from colophon of numbers.
Imprint varies; later issues printed by W[illiam]. Wilkins; some issues printed and sold by J. Peele; some issues lack names.
Earlier issues have title within headpiece: an engraving of the City of London.
Text begins with factotum initial.
Price at foot of first column of text.
Issues dated according to Lady Day dating.
Earlier editions printed in two columns; later editions in three.
Includes British and European news, and advertisements for books and patent medicines; some advertisements have small cuts.
Includes articles by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, later reprinted as: "Letters from 'Cato'" (1721, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1750-1754) and articles by Mathew Concanen the elder entitled: "The Speculatist" (reprinted, 1730).
Description based on: Numb. LXXIX. (Saturday January 28. 1720. [id est 1721]); title from caption.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Physical Description:1 online resource (volume : illustrations.
Publication Frequency:Weekly
Related Items:"A large and impartial abstract of the tryal of Christoper Layer, Esq" was issued as a supplement to the Feb. 2, 1723 number of the London Journal, and also issued separately.
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.