2 options
Proposals for issuing a new literary paper, to be entitled the Observer: to be edited by Benj. L. Oliver, Jr.
Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition 45626. Connect to full text. Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45626.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Observer (Salem, Mass.).
- Oliver, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lynde), 1788-1843.
- Oliver, Benjamin L.
- Publishers and publishing--Massachusetts--Salem.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Newspaper publishing--Massachusetts--Salem.
- Newspaper publishing.
- Massachusetts--Salem.
- Genre:
- Broadsides.
- Prospectuses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Place of Publication:
- [Salem, Mass.] : [publisher not identified], [1818]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- "The Observer will be issued weekly, on Saturday afternoon. ... The price will be three dollars yearly. It shall commence as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained. Holders of subscription papers are requested to return them by the first of July. Salem, (Mass.) April, 1818." Apparently an insufficient number of subscriptions were received to encourage publication.
- Text printed in two columns.
- Includes blank form for subscribers' names.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45626).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.