City | Number | Title | Frequency | Start Date | End Date | Note: | LC File Contains: |
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Bath | 36 | The Bath Herald; and General Advertiser. | Weekly: Saturday | Mar. 3, 1792 | ? | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1722A | |
Bath | 37 | The Bath Journal. | Weekly: Monday | 1744 | ? | Continued by: Boddely's Bath Journal. | Bound Volumes: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 17 Control No.: 1724 |
Bath | 38 | Boddely's Bath Journal. | Weekly: Monday | Feb. 27, 1757 | Mar. 1, 1773 | Continues: Bath Journal. | Portfolio Items: Box 39, Folder 15 1756. Aug. 16, 30, Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27, Oct. 18. 1757. Mar. 14, 21. Mutilated: 1756. Sept. 13. 1757. Mar. 14. |
Bristol | 39 | [Untitled] | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 12 1777. Dec. 20 (mutilated). | ||||
Canterbury | 40 | The Kentish Gazette. | Semiweekly: Tuesday, Saturday | April 19, 1769 | Mar. 27, 1886 | Continues: The Kentish Post, or Canterbury News-Letter. | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 13 1771. Oct. 22/26. |
Canterbury | 41 | The Kentish Post, or Canterbury News-Letter. | Semiweekly: Wednesday, Saturday | Jan. 1, 1726 | July 20, 1768 | Continued by: The Kentish Gazette. | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 14 1753. Dec. 3/8 (mutilated). |
Chelmsford | 42 | The Chelmsford Chronicle. | Weekly: Friday | Apr. 5, 1771 | July 18, 1884 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 15 1786. July 7 (mutilated). | |
Derby | 43 | Drewry's Derby Mercury. | Weekly: Friday | Span of publication unknown. | Portfolio Item: Box 41B, Folder 28 1777. Nov. 28/Dec. 5. | ||
Doncaster | 44 | The Doncaster Flying-Post: or Hull and Sheffield Weekly Advertiser. | Weekly: Tuesday | 1754 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 16 1755. Jan. 7. | ||
Dorchester | 45 | The Dorchester and Sherborne Journal, and Western Advertiser. | Weekly: Friday | Span of publication unknown. | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1725* | ||
Gloucester | 46 | The Gloucester Journal. | Weekly: Tuesday | Apr. 9, 1722 | Portfolio Items: Box 41C, Folder 36 [Julian Calendar] 1742. Jan. 5, 12. 1749. Mar. 7. [Gregorian Calendar] | ||
Ipswich | 47 | The Ipswich Journal. | Weekly: Saturday | 1720 | 1886 | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 17 1756. Jan. 31, Apr. 10, May 1, July 3, Aug. 14. 1757. Jan. 8 - Dec. 31. Missing: Feb. 12, Mar. 5, 12, July 2, Oct. 15, 22, 29. Mutilated: Apr. 16. 1758. Jan. 7 - Dec. 30. Missing: June 10, Sept. 9, 16, Oct. 21, Nov. 4. 1761. May 9. 1764. Mar. 10. | |
Leicester | 48 | Leicester Herald. | Weekly: Saturday | Span of publication unknown. | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 18 1793. Aug. 24 (mutilated). | ||
London | 49 | Applebee's Original Weekly Journal with Fresh Advices, Foreign and Domestick. | Weekly: Saturday | July 16, 1720 | Dec, 24, 1737 | Continued by: The Original Weekly Journal with Fresh Advices, Foreign and Domestick. | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 19 [Julian Calendar] 1721. Mar. 11, May 6. 1722. Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 15. |
London | 50 | The Argus. | Daily except Sunday | Mar. 7, 1789 | Feb. 27, 1792 | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 20 1791. July 2, Nov. 22, 23. Mutilated: Nov. 23. | |
London | 51 | The Athenian Mercury. | Semiweekly: Tuesday, Saturday, 1694-1696, Monday, Friday, 1697 | Mar. 26, 1691 | June 14, 1697 | Bound Volumes: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1726 Control No.: 1727 | |
London | 52 | Baker's News: or, the Whitehall Journal. | Weekly: Tuesday | 1722 | ? | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 21 [Julian Calendar] 1722. Sept. 11. | |
London | 53 | Bell's Annual Messenger. | Weekly: Sunday | 1796 | "Bell's Weekly Messenger. Reprint as a Regular Weekly (Sunday) Work to Bind Up in Volumes." | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1727A | |
London | 54 | Bell's Weekly Messenger. | Weekly: Sunday | May 1, 1796 | Mar. 28, 1896 | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1728 | |
London | 55 | The British Journal. | Weekly: Saturday | Sept. 22, 1722 | Jan. 13, 1728 | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 22 [Julian Calendar] 1722. Nov. 3, Dec. 22 (mutilated). 1723. Jan. 5 (mutilated), 12, Feb. 2 (mutilated), 9, 23, Apr. 13 (mutilated), 20 (mutilated). | |
London | 56 | Clifton's Oxford Post. Or the Ladies New Tatler Reviv'd. | Triweekly: Exact days unknown | 1723 | ? | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 23 [Julian Calendar] 1723. Oct. 24 (mutilated). | |
London | 57 | The Country Journal: or, the Craftsman. | Weekly: Saturday | Dec. 5, 1726 | ? | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1729 | |
London | 58 | Courier Politique et Litteraire, or, French Morning Post. | Semiweekly: Wednesday, Saturday | May 23, 1777 | Apr. 21/25, 1778 | In French. | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 24 1778. May 6/9 (photostat from microfilm). |
London | 59 | The Covent-Garden Journal. | Semiweekly: Exact days unknown | Jan. 4, 1752 | Nov. 25, 1752 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 25 [Julian Calendar] 1752. Jan. 4. | |
London | 60 | The Craftsman; or Say's Weekly Journal. | Weekly: Saturday | 1758 | 1810 | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 26 1775. May 20 (mutilated). 1781. Jan. 27 (mutilated). | |
London | 61 | The Cumberland Chronicle: or Whitehaven Intelligencer. | Weekly: Tuesday | Nov. 5, 1776 | July 15, 1779 | Weekly: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1776-Mar. 25, 1777; Saturday, Mar. 29, 1777-May 23, 1778; Thursday, May 28, 1778-July 15, 1779 | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1729A |
London | 62 | The Daily Advertiser. | Daily except Sunday | Feb. 3, 1731 | Sept. 9, 1798 | *See Introduction concerning days of the English year before March 25 which resulted in binding mistakes. | Bound Volumes: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1730 Control No.: 1730 Control No.: 1731 Control No.: 1731 Control No.: 1732 Control No.: 1732 Control No.: 1733 Control No.: 1733 Control No.: 1734 Control No.: 1734 Control No.: 1735 Control No.: 1735 Control No.: 1736 Control No.: 1737 Control No.: 1738 Control No.: 1739 Control No.: 1740 Control No.: 1741 Control No.: 1742 Control No.: 1743 Control No.: 1744 Control No.: 1745 Control No.: 1746 Control No.: 1747 Control No.: 1748 Control No.: 1750 Control No.: 1751 Control No.: 1752 Control No.: 1753 Control No.: 1754 Control No.: 1755 Control No.: 1756 Control No.: 1757 Control No.: 1758 Control No.: 1759 Control No.: 1760 Control No.: 1761 Control No.: 1762* [Gregorian Calendar] Control No.: 1762 Control No.: 1763 Control No.: 1764 Control No.: 1765 Control No.: 1766 Control No.: 1767 Control No.: 1768 Control No.: 1769 Control No.: 1770 Control No.: 1771 Control No.: 1772* Control No.: 1773 Control No.: 1774 Control No.: 1775 Control No.: 1776 Control No.: 1777 Control No.: 1778 Control No.: 1779* Control No.: 1780 Control No.: 1781 Control No.: 1782 Control No.: 1783 Control No.: 1784 Control No.: 1785 Control No.: 1786 Control No.: 1787 Control No.: 1788 Control No.: 1789 Control No.: 1790 Control No.: 1791 Control No.: 1792 Control No.: 1793 Control No.: 1794 Control No.: 1795 Control No.: 1796 Control No.: 1797 Control No.: 1798 Control No.: 1799 Control No.: 1800 Control No.: 1801 Control No.: 1802 Control No.: 1803 Control No.: 1804 Control No.: 1805 Control No.: 1806 Control No.: 1807 Control No.: 1808 Control No.: 1809 Control No.: 1810 Control No.: 1811 Control No.: 1812 Control No.: 1813 Control No.: 1814 Control No.: 1815 Control No.: 1816 Control No.: 1817 Control No.: 1818 Control No.: 1819 Control No.: 1820 Control No.: 1821 Control No.: 1822 Control No.: 1823 Control No.: 1824 Control No.: 1825* Control No.: 1826 Control No.: 1827 Control No.: 1828 Control No.: 1829 Control No.: 1830 Control No.: 1831 Control No.: 1832 Control No.: 1833 Control No.: 1834 Control No.: 1835 Control No.: 1836 Control No.: 1837 Control No.: 1838 Control No.: 1839 Control No.: 1840 Control No.: 1841 Control No.: 1842 Control No.: 1843 Control No.: 1844 Control No.: 1845 Control No.: 1846 Control No.: 1847 Control No.: 1848 |
London | 63 | The Daily Courant. | Daily except Sunday | Mar. 11, 1702 | June 28, 1735 | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1849 Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 27 | |
London | 64 | The Daily Gazetteer. | Daily | June 30, 1735 | June 27, 1748 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 28 1744. Oct. 6. | |
London | 65 | The Daily Journal. | Daily except Sunday | Jan. 23, 1721 | Apr. 9, 1737 | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1850 Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 29 | |
London | 66 | The Daily Post. | Daily except Sunday | Oct. 3, 1719 | Feb. 14, 1746 | Bound Volumes: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1851 Control No.: 1852 Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 30 | |
London | 67 | The Daily Post-Boy. | Triweekly | Span of publication unknown. | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1853 | ||
London | 68 | The Diary, or, Woodfall's Register. | Daily except Sunday | Mar. 30, 1789 | Aug. 31, 1793 | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 31 1790. Feb. 24, 25, 26. 1791. June 28. | |
London | 69 | The Diverting Post. | Frequency varies | Oct. 28, 1704 | Jan./Feb. 1706 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 32 [Julian Calendar] 1704. Dec. 23/30. | |
London | 70 | The Domestick Intelligence, Or News both from City and Country. | Frequency irregular | July 9, 1679 | Jan. 13, 1680 | Continued by: The Protestant (Domestick) Intelligence, Or News both from City and Country. | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1986 (Photostat volume) |
London | 71 | E. Johnson's British Gazette, and Sunday Monitor. | Weekly: Sunday | 1779 | Sept. 22, 1805 | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1854 Control No.: 2027* Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 33 | |
London | 72 | The English Courant. | Frequency unknown | Span of publication unknown. | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1855 | ||
London | 73 | The English Lucian: or, Weekly Discoveries of the Witty Intrigues, Comical Passages, and Remarkable Transactions in Town and Country, etc.... | Weekly | Jan. 17, 1698 | Apr. 11/18, 1698 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 34 [Julian Calendar] 1698. Feb. 21/28 (mutilated). | |
London | 74 | English Mercurie. | Frequency unknown | Span of publication unknown. | Portfolio Item: Box 41, Folder 2 [Julian Calendar] 1588. July 23.* *Reprint issue concerning the Spanish Armada. | ||
London | 75 | The English Post; with News Foreign and Domestick. | Semiweekly: Monday, Friday | Oct. 14, 1700 | May 19, 1708 | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 35 [Julian Calendar] 1706. Dec. 25/27, 27/30. | |
London | 76 | The Evening Mail. | Triweekly: Monday/Wednesday, Wednesday/Friday, & Friday/Monday | 1789 | June 24/25, 1868 | Bound Volumes: Control No.: 1856 Control No.: 1857 Control No.: 1858 Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 36 | |
London | 77 | The Exact Accompt, Communicating the Chief Transactions of the Three Kingdoms, England, Scotland, and Ireland. | Frequency unknown | June 22/29, 1660 | June 29/July 6, 1660 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 36A [Julian Calendar] 1660. June 22/29. | |
London | 78 | The Examiner. | Weekly: Thursday | Aug. 24, 1710 | July 23/26, 1714 | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1859 | |
London | 79 | The Flying Post: or, The Post-Master. | Frequency: Tuesday/Thursday, Thursday/Saturday, Saturday/Tuesday | May 7, 1695 | Dec. 25, 1733 | Bound Volumes: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1860 Control No.: 1861 Control No.: 1862 Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 37 | |
London | 80 | The Freeholder's Journal. | Weekly: Wednesday | Jan. 31, 1721 | May 18, 1723 | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 38 [Julian Calendar] 1722. Dec. 14 (Friday supplement), Dec. 19. | |
London | 81 | The Gazette. | Frequency unknown | Span of publication unknown. | Portfolio Item: Box 41, Folder 2 [Julian Calendar] 1658. Sept. 2/9.* *Reprint issue concerning the death of Oliver Cromwell. | ||
London | 82 | The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser. | Daily except Sunday | Apr. 27, 1764 | Nov. 1796 | Bound Volumes: Control No.: 1863 Control No.: 1864 Control No.: 1865 Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 39 | |
London | 83 | The General Advertiser, and Morning Intelligencer. | Daily except Sunday | 1776 | May 6, 1782 | Continued by: Parker's General Advertiser and Morning Intelligencer. | Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 40 1779. Jan. 29 (mutilated), Nov. 23 (mutilated). 1782. Mar. 23. |
London | 84 | The General Evening Post. | Triweekly: Tuesday/Thursday, Thursday/Saturday, Saturday/Tuesday | Oct. 2, 1733 | Feb. 2, 1822 | Bound Volumes: Control No.: 1866 Control No.: 1867 Control No.: 1868 Control No.: 1869 Control No.: 1870 Control No.: 1871 Control No.: 1872 Control No.: 1873 Control No.: 1874 Control No.: 1875 Control No.: 1876 Control No.: 1877 Control No.: 1878 Control No.: 1879 Control No.: 1880 Control No.: 1881 Control No.: 1882 Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 41 [Gregorian Calendar] | |
London | 85 | The Gentleman's Journal, and Tradesman's Companion. | Weekly: Saturday | Apr. 1, 1721 | ? | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1883 | |
London | 86 | The Gray's-Inn Journal, or Craftsman. | Frequency unknown | Span of publication unknown. | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 4 1756. Oct. 9 (mutilated). | ||
London | 87 | The Guardian. | Daily except Sunday | Mar. 12, 1713 | Oct. 1, 1713 | Portfolio Items: Box 41B, Folder 19 [Julian Calendar] 1713. May 16, 21. | |
London | 88 | The Half-Penny London Journal. | Frequency unknown | Span of publication unknown. | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 43 [Julian Calendar] 1724. Nov. 17. | ||
London | 89 | The Half-Penny London Journal, or the British Oracle. | Triweekly | 1724 | ? | Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 44 [Julian Calendar] 1725. Jan. 28. | |
London | 90 | The Harlem Currant. | Frequency unknown | Span of publication unknown. | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1965 | ||
London | 91 | The Impartial Protestant Mercury. | Frequency unknown | May 31/June 3, 1681 | May 26/30, 1682 | Portfolio Item: Box 41B, Folder 27 [Julian Calendar] 1681. Aug. 9/12. | |
London | 92 | The Jacobite's Journal. | Weekly: Saturday | Dec. 5, 1747 | Nov. 5, 1748 | Bound Volume: [Julian Calendar] Control No.: 1884* Portfolio Item: Box 33, Folder 45 | |
London | 93 | Lloyd's Evening Post. | Triweekly: Monday/Wednesday, Wednesday/Friday, Friday/Monday | Mar. 28/30, 1763 | Dec. 30, 1805 | Continues: Lloyd's Evening Post, and British Chronicle. | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1964* Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 46 |
London | 94 | Lloyd's Evening Post, and British Chronicle. | Triweekly: Monday/Wednesday, Wednesday/Friday, Friday/Monday | July 22, 1757 | Mar. 25/28, 1763 | Continued by: Lloyd's Evening Post. | Bound Volume: Control No.: 1885* Portfolio Items: Box 33, Folder 46 |
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