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Weekly intelligencer of the commonwealth (London, England : 1650)
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers Available from 1650 until 1652. Available online
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- Journal/Periodical
- Newspaper
- Series:
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
- Standardized Title:
- Weekly intelligencer of the commonwealth (London, England : 1650).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Newsbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v. )
- Weekly
- [Ser. 1] Numb. 1. (From Tuesday, July 16. to Tuesday, July 23. 1650.)-[Ser. 2] Numb [6, sic] (From Tuesday Sept: 18, to Tuesday Septemb: 25. [1655]).
- Other Title:
- Weekly intelligencer of the commonwealth
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
- Editorship attributed to Richard Collings.
- Title from caption.
- Title spelling varies slightly.
- Below title on first few issues: Collected by the same hand which heretofore drew up the Kingdoms weekly intelligencer.
- Imprint from colophon.
- Imprints vary; other names include: Robert Ibbitson, John Clowes; from Jan. 1651-May 1655 the usual printer was Francis Neile; from May-Sept. 1655 the printer was A. Neile, probably Francis Neile's widow.
- Some imprints lacking.
- After two false starts the newsbook began continuous publication in Dec. 1650; "when it came back, it was for almost five years of continuous existence." Cf. Frank.
- Gaps in publication: 23 July to 1 Oct. 1650; 29 Oct. to 31 Dec. 1650; 4 Jan.-15 Feb. 1653.
- Series 1, Numb. 1 repeated in numbering; issues 3-6 [ser. 1] misnumbered 2-5.
- Numbering begins again in a second series with no. 1 in issue for 31 Dec., 1651.
- With minor numbering irregularities beforehand, the numbering from Jan. 1654 to Sept. 1655 is seriously irregular.
- Cited in:
- Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700 687.1A-5
- Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700 688.001-310
- NCBEL, I:2107
- Crane & Kaye, 926
- Frank, J. Beginnings of the English Newspaper 1620-1660, p. 213
- Times handlist, p. 25
- OCLC:
- 643152064
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