Barbados Mercury.

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Publication InfoBridge-Town [Barbados] : printed by George Esmand and Comp. at the New Printing-office, in Back Church-Street, 1780-1781.
Descriptionvolumes ; 2°.
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
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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 noteImprint from undated colophon.
General noteImprint varies.
General noteOriginal price: one pistole per annum.
General notePactor reports a variant title: Barbados mercury and Bridge Town gazette. No information regarding coverage of this title is available.
General noteExtent of publication not known; a Barbados Mercury was published during the 19th century, however the first issue seen is dated 1805 and no definite connection with this title has been confirmed. The last 18th century of this title was reported to have been published in 1786 (cf. Pactor).
General noteDescription based on: No 35, of Vol. IV. = No 194 weeks since this Mercury was first published (Saturday, Feburary 1, 1766.); title from caption.
General noteLatest issue seen: Vol. IX, [No.] 996 weeks since this Mercury was first publish'd (Saturday, October 27, 1781)
References Pactor, H.S. British Carib. news., 87
Special numberingWith continuous issue numbering from volume to volume.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formNewspapers.

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