The birch. : Humbly dedicated to the magistrates of the city of Oxford.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Municipal government--Oxford--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Municipal government.

Elections--Oxford--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Elections.

Oxford (England)--History--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Oxford (England).

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

5 volumes ; 24-26 cm (4⁰)

Irregular, No. 5 (June 1796)

No. I. (May 1, 1795.)-no. V. (June, 1796).

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : printed for the author; and may be had of the booksellers, 1795-1796.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Signed at end of each issue: "Academicus".

Title repeated as caption on first page of text.

Imprints include year of publication.

Issue number from head of title; reapeated as "Number ..." on first page of text in each issue.

Issue dates from first page of text.

Extended title varies; on no. 5: Addressed to the citizens of Oxford.

Author of no. 1-4 publicly denied authorship of no. 5, but a MS. purporting to be the original of no. 5 is bound with the possibly spurious issue (cf. British Library).

Essays on various problems with civic authority, and with no. 5 discusses electoral responsibility; title seems to refer to an instrument of punishment.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1364

Crane & Kaye, 1894

Times handlist, p. 221

Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 16

English Short Title Catalog, P6306.

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