| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | Place of publication from date line. |
| General note | Issues before no. 14 have no colophon; later issues have colophon: Exon: printed by Andrew Brice, at the Sign of the Printing-Press, in the High-street. |
| General note | Some dates given according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | George I died June 11 1727; announccements and condolences bound with paper for June 16 and June 23; George II speeches to Parliament on June 27th bound with June 30th issue no. 55, which includes editorial on George I. |
| General note | Description based on: Numb. 1 (Friday, April the 30th, 1725); title from caption. |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: Numb. 324 (May 28, 1731). |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1358 |
| References |
Bibl. of Brit. newspapers. Cornwall & Devon, p. 99 |
| References |
Cranfield, G.A. Provincial newspapers, 37 |
| References |
Wiles, R.M. Freshest advices, 46 |
| References |
Wiles, R.M. Serial publication before 1750, p. 29 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 218 |
| Special numbering | Numbering began again from no. 1 sometime in June 1726. |
| Special numbering | No. 17 repeated in numbering and dating Septemeber 3. No gap in publishing. |
| Special numbering | No. 49 illegible and No. 16 failed to print. |
| Special numbering | Gap between No. 53 May 13 1726 and no. 1 June 17 1726 apparently over some legal dispute with the Farleys which he addresses in his paper on June 17th. |
| Special numbering | August to October 1729 numbering irregular. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Preceding title |
Post-master; or, The loyal mercury |
| Succeeding title |
Brice's weekly collection of intelligence |
| Genre/form | Newspapers. |