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Porcupine's Political censor : for.

Other author/creatorCobbett, William, 1763-1835 author.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoPhiladelphia [Penn.] : published by William Cobbett, opposite Christ's church, [1796-1797]
Descriptionvolumes ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Variant title Political censor
Variant title Collected issue title page for issues from Mar.-Dec.1796 reads: Porcupine's Political censor. Vol. I
FrequencyMonthly
General note'Peter Porcupine' = William Cobbett.
General noteSome issues include half-title with date of issue.
General noteTitle pages include contents note or table of contents.
General noteImprints do not include date; years of publication from dates of issues.
General note"Price, one quarter of a dollar" below imprint.
General noteIncludes reports and commentary on the political situation in the United States. Author is anti-democratic, anti-French, anti-Thomas Paine.
General noteIssues have individual signatures.
General noteDescription based on: March 1797.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References Evans, 30219
References Evans, 30221
References Evans, 30223
References Evans, 30225
References Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 13a
References Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 14a-b
References Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 17a-b
References Gaines, P.W. Cobbett, 20a
References Evans, 30226
References Evans, 30227
References Sabin, 14004
References English Short Title Catalog, P6085.
Special numberingMonthly issues unnumbered; chronological designation only.
Special numberingNo issue published in Feb. 1797.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteSome individual issues reprinted several times.
Title history noteReplaced after the April issue by Cobbett's daily paper, begun in Mar. 1797: "Proposals, by William Cobbett .. for publishing a news-paper, to be entitled Porcupine's gazette and daily advertiser." (from a note in the Dec. 1796 issue).
Preceding title Political censor, or Monthly review
Genre/formPeriodicals Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

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