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Mercurius Britanicus : communicating the affaires of great Britaine, for the better information of the people.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DA411 .M37 No. 97 (Sept. 8-15, 1645)-no. 113 (Jan. 5-12, 1646)
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- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Newspaper
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Periodicals.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Newsbooks -- England -- London -- 17th century.
- Newspapers.
- Penn Provenance:
- Journalism equip. fund. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 130 volumes ; 19 cm
- Weekly
- No. 1 (23-29 Aug. 1643)-no. 130 (11-18 May 1646)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by G. Bishop and R. White, 1643-1646.
- Notes:
- Title from caption.
- "A ... commentary on the news of the day. Its object was to answer the statements of the royalist 'Mercurius aulicus' and to refute the charges brought there against the parliamentary cause and its leaders ... Of this journal Nedham was from the beginning the chief, if not the sole, author, though its responsible editor seems to have been Captain Thomas Audley."--Dict. nat. biog.
- Imprint varies.
- OCLC:
- 1776907
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