The VVeekly intelligencer oe [sic] the Commonvvealth : faithfully communicating all affaires both martiall and civill

Publication/Creation:

[London] : Printed by R[obert]. Austin, 1650-1652

Resource Type:

Journal, Newspaper or Serial

More Details

Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The VVeekly intelligencer oe [sic] the Commonvvealth : faithfully communicating all affaires both martiall and civill

Uniform Title:

Weekly intelligencer of the commonwealth (London, England : 1650)

Series Titles:

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers
17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers.

Variant Titles:

Weekly intelligencer of the Commonwealth

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Collings, Richard

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660--Newspapers--Early works to 1800

Description/Summary

Publication Dates:

[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]).

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource

General Note:

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.
Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

Citation/Reference Note:

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

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990016233760302486