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Morning post
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers Available from 1773 until 1900. Available online
View online- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Newspaper
- Series:
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Newspapers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v. )
- Daily (except Sunday)
- No. 1931[sic] (Monday, December 17, 1792)-No. 7013 (Monday, June 30, 1794)
- Continues:
- Morning post, and daily advertiser
- Morning post
- World (London, England : 1787)
- Morning post and fashionable world
- Morning post; or, Cheap daily advertiser
- Continued By:
- World (London, England : 1787)
- Morning post and fashionable world
- Morning post and gazetteer
- Morning post
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
- Imprint from colophon.
- Imprint varies.
- "Price 4d.".
- Description based on: No. 1931[sic] (Monday, December 17, 1792); title from caption.
- Latest issue consulted: No. 7013 (Monday, June 30, 1794).
- Purchased by Daniel Stuart in 1795.
- "Price fourpence halfpenny.".
- Description based on: No. 7014 (Tuesday, July 1, 1794); title from caption.
- Latest issue consulted: No 7973 (Saturday, September 30, 1797).
- Published by Daniel Stuart from 1795-1803.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the principal writers on this paper from 1797-1803.
- "Price in 1783, -- 3d. Taxed by Mr. Pitt, 3d." on two lines gathered by a right hand brace, to the right of which is "Price 6d.".
- Description based on: No. 7976 (Wednesday, October 4, 1797); title from caption.
- Latest issue consulted: No. 10,081 (Wednesday, December 31, 1800).
- Editors: the Rev. Henry Bate (to 1780), the Rev. William Jackson, and in the mid-1780s, John Taylor; founders included John Bell.
- Below imprint: Persons in the country, who chuse to be regularly supplied with this paper, are desired to send their address to the publisher, J. Williams; to the clerks of the respective roads at the Post-Office; or apply to the early stage coaches; which orders will be punctually attended to.
- "[Price two pence.".
- One of the longest running and most important London papers under several versions of the title.
- Description based on: No 89 (Friday, February 12, 1773); title from caption.
- Latest issue consulted: No. 6130 (Saturday, December 15, 1792).
- Numbering continues from previous title. Numbering is irregular; first issue misnumbered "1931" instead of "6131"; no. 6173 repeated on two consecutive issues.
- Numbering continues from one of the previous titles "The Morning post".
- No. 7510-7519 repeated in numeration, dates are consecutive; issue numbering is irregular after July 1796.
- Numbering continues from one of the previous titles "The Morning post and fashionable world". Numbering is irregular in places; jumps from 8009 to 9000, dates are consecutive.
- Numbering continues from previous title.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1335
- Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers, 172
- Hindle, W. Morning post 1772-1937
- Werkmeister, L. London daily press, p. 20
- Crane & Kaye, 586
- OCLC:
- 681417300
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