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Common sense: or, The Englishman's journal.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Author/Creator:
- Molloy, Charles, -1767, author.
- Series:
- 17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers
- Standardized Title:
- Common sense: or, The Englishman's journal (London, England : Feb. 1737)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- London (England)--Newspapers.
- Genre:
- Newspapers.
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- volumes.
- Weekly
- No 1. (Saturday, February 5, 1737.)-
- Ceased with no. 359, 31 Dec. 1743? Cf. NCBEL.
- Other Title:
- Burney Collection
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Purser in Bartholomew-Close: where letters to the author, and advertisements, are taken in, 1737-1743.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Description based on: No 1. (Saturday, February 5, 1737.); title from caption.
- From no. 45 (Nov. 26, 1737) and maybe earlier, "(Printed for J. Purser in White-Fryars.)" appeared below the date line; perhaps originally intended to distinguish from the rival paper, 'Old common sense'.
- Imprint from undated colophon.
- Latest issue consulted: No 354. (Saturday, November 26, 1743.).
- No. 204 for Jan. 3, 1740 dated according to Lady Day dating.
- Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
- Written by Charles Molloy, with contributions from the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Lyttelton and Dr. William King.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. 2009 miunns
- No more published?
- Another serial with same title and parallel dates and numbers was begun in November 1737, as a rival to this publication. Issue no. 43 of this newspaper contains a note on the "pyracy", at which point the competing paper changed its title to read: The Old common sense: or, The Englishman's journal. Cf. NCBEL.
- Local Notes:
- Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Cited in:
- Crane & Kaye, 114
- NCBEL, II:1329
- Times handlist, p. 40
- OCLC:
- 643152927
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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