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Streatley herald, 1841.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Misc Mss Box 23 Folder 37
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Strange, John Clark, active 1830 to 1880.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Streatley (West Berkshire, England)--History--19th century--Sources.
- Streatley (West Berkshire, England).
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Modern First Editions (Leeds, United Kingdom), 2018.
- Physical Description:
- 1 bifolium.
- Contained In:
- Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 23 Folder 37
- Place of Publication:
- 1841.
- Summary:
- A small bifolium fashioned as a handwritten newspaper entitled Streatley hearald, dated August 23, 1841, and written by John Clark Strange. Below the masthead is written vol. I no. 8, Monday morning. The paper concerns the village of Streatley located on the Thames River in Berkshire, England. Divided into three columns Strange wrote news under the following headings, foreign & domestic, including China and France; advertisements, reporting on Swindon Market; markets; births, deaths and marriages; House of Commons; and miscellaneous, comprising poems, essays, and tales. Attribution appears at the bottom of the last column: written & published by the editor John Clark Strange, Streatley, Berks. Torn at folds.
- OCLC:
- 1038506142
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