The Warwickshire journal
- Publication/Creation:
- Birmingham [England] : Printed for A. Pearson and S. Aris, and Co. in High-Street; by whom letters for this paper are received, <1769-1770>
- Resource Type:
- Journal, Newspaper or Serial
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The Warwickshire journal
- Former Titles:
- Warwickshire weekly journal
- Later Titles:
- Warwickshire journal and Hereford mercury
- Related/Included Titles:
- Eighteenth century collections online.
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Birmingham (England)--History--18th century--Newspapers--Early works to 1800
Europe--History--18th century--Newspapers--Early works to 1800
Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820--Newspapers--Early works to 1800
Ireland--History--18th century--Newspapers--Early works to 1800
Description/Summary
- Publication Dates:
- Began in April 1769; ceased in 1770
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (volumes
- General Note:
- Description based on: Thursday, September 14, 1769. Vol. I. Number. 23.; title from caption.
Dimensions of the original work: 46 cm. (2⁰)
Imprint from colophon; imprint lacks dates.
Includes foreign and Irish news, a summary of the week's London and provincial news, selections of poetry, local and new publication advertisements. The issue cataloged includes coverage of Garrick's Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford, held the preceding week.
Note below title: This journal is circulated through the principal towns and villages in the counties of Warwick, Worcester, Leicester, Derby, Stafford, Salop, Hereford, Glocester, and part of Wales.
Note following imprint gives names of one London and 18 provincial advertising agents in various towns.
Price on date-line, "two-pence halfpenny."
Printed in four columns; news text begins with factotum initial.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Title words engraved.
Years of publication from reference sources. - Local Note:
- Available to Emory University students, faculty and staff.
General Libraries have the corresponding microform set, The Eighteenth Century, classed MICFILM 1272. The reel number for this title can be found in the online record when you click the link. - Citation/Reference Note:
- English Short Title Catalog, P3138.
NCBEL, II:1353
NEWSPLAN. West Midlands, p. 246
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 157
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990024971020302486
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