Read's Weekly Journal Or British Gazetteer.

Other author Read, James, active 1701-1739, attributed name.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J[ames]. Read, in White-Fryers, Fleet-street: where advertisements are taken in, 1730-1761.
Descriptionv ; 2°.
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Subjects

FrequencyWeekly
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteImages 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 noteImages 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 noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteAttributed to George Read. Cf. NCBEL.
General noteImprint from undated colophon.
General noteAt foot of p. 1 in square brackets: "Price two-pence".
General noteBeginning with No. 1434, E. Nunneley's name appears in colophon.
General noteDescription based: No 282 (Saturday, August 15, 1730.); title from caption.
General noteLatest issue consulted: [new ser.] numb. 6 (Saturday, May 2, 1761.).
References NCBEL, II:1322
References Crane & Kaye, 927
References Times handlist, p. 40
References Wiles, Serial Publication in England before 1750, p. 62
References BUCOP, Vol. 3, p. 97
Special numberingNumbering is irregular after Sept. 1753; with misnumberings and omissions; issues for 28 Mar-2 May 1761 begin a new series; printed numeration begins with numb. 4. (Saturday April 18, 1761).
Special numberingNumbering continues from the preceding title; numbering, dating and content of No 282 (Saturday, August 15, 1730) repeated from the last issue of its predecessor: The Weekly journal, or British gazeteer.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteMerged with 'The London spy' to form 'London spy and Read's weekly journal'; apparently 'The London spy' was published in six issues between March and May 1761, but no issues traced (cf. BUCOP).
Preceding title Weekly journal, or, British gazetteer.
Merged with London spy and Read's weekly journal
Genre/formNewspapers.

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