Swinney's Birmingham & Stafford chronicle; and Coventry gazette.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Newspaper

Contributor:

Swinney, Myles, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Advertising--England--18th century--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.

Advertising.

Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Europe--History--18th century--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.

Europe.

Birmingham (England)--History--18th century--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.

Birmingham (England).

Genre:

Newspapers -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v. )

Weekly

Began in 1781?

Continues:

Swiney's Birmingham and Stafford chronicle and Piercy's Coventry gazette

Continued By:

Swinney's Birmingham chronicle and Warwickshire and Staffordshire advertiser

Place of Publication:

[Birmingham, England] : [Printed by Myles Swinney,letter-founder, bookseller, and starioner, no 75, near the Castle and Hen ... High-Street, Birmingham], 1781.

Notes:

Editor and publisher: Myles Swinney.

Title apparently fluctuates.

Imprint from July 21, 1791 issue; copy cataloged defective, lacking 2nd leaf with colophon. Colophon damaged; some parts of the address illegible.

Printed in five columns.

General news; foreign and London news notes and local advertisements. One of a series of papers with slightly varying titles published by Myles Swinney.

Description based on: Vol. XIV. (Thursday, November 15, 1781.) Number 669; title from caption.

Last issue seen: vol. XXV. (Thursday, July 21, 1791.) no 1173, has title: Swinney's Birmingham & Stafford chronicle.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1353

NEWSPLAN. West Midlands, p. 230

Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 157

English Short Title Catalog, P2996.

OCLC:

508356629