Universal Spectator and Weekly Journal.
| Other author | Baker, Henry, 1698-1774, editor, author. |
| Other author | Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London : printed for J[ames]. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, where letters to the author, and advertisements, are taken in, 1728-1746. |
| Description | 1 online resource (volumes). |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II |
| Subjects |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Reproduced from source library: no. 275, Saturday, January 12, 1734 - no. 277, Saturday, January 26, 1734 ; no. 279, Saturday, February 9, 1734 - no. 281, Saturday, February 23, 1734. |
| 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 | Library has: issue 1 (Oct. 12, 1728)-issue 8 (Nov. 30, 1728) ; issue 10 (Dec. 14, 17278)-issue 11 (Dec. 21, 1728) ; issue 17 (Feb. 1, 1729)-issue 20 (Feb. 22, 1729) ; issue 26 (Apr. 5, 1729)-issue 27 (Apr. 12, 1729) ; issue 29 (Apr. 19, 1729) ; issue [29] (Apr. 26, 1729) ; issue 39 (July 5, 1729)-issue 42 (July 26, 1729) ; issue 48 (Sept. 6, 1729)-issue 51 (Sept. 27, 1729) ; issue 65 (Jan. 3, 1730)-issue 69 (Jan. 31, 1730) ; issue 73 (Feb. 28, 1730)-issue 94 (July 25, 1730) ; issue 104 (Oct. 3, 1730)-issue 186 (Apr. 29, 1732) ; issue 188 (May 13, 1732)-issue 199 (July 29, 1732) ; issue 201 (Aug. 12, 1732)-issue 208 (Sept. 30, 1732) ; issue 212 (Oct. 28, 1732)-issue 216 (Nov. 25, 1732) ; issue 218 (Dec. 9, 1732)-issue 219 (Dec. 16, 1732) ; issue 221 (Dec. 30, 1732)-issue 256 (Sept. 1, 1733) ; issue 258 (Sept. 15, 1733)-issue 282 (Mar. 2, 1734) ; issue 284 (Mar. 16, 1734) ; issue 287 (Apr. 6, 1734)-issue 292 (May 11, 1734) ; issue 294 (May 25, 1734)-issue 311 (Sept. 21, 1734) ; issue 314 (Oct. 12, 1734)-issue 326 (Jan. 4, 1735) ; issue 328 (Jan. 18, 1735)-issue 337 (Mar. 22, 1735) ; issue 339 (Apr. 5, 1735)-issue 340 (Apr. 12, 1735) ; issue 342 (Apr. 26, 1735)-issue 346 (May 24, 1735) ; issue 348 (June 7, 1735)-issue 375 (Dec. 13, 1735) ; issue 377 (Dec. 27, 1735) ; issue 395 (May 1, 1736)-issue 396 (May 8, 1736) ; issue [389] (May 15, 1736)-issue 395 (June 26, 1736) ; issue 404 (July 3, 1736)-issue 418 (Oct. 9, 1736) ; issue 410 (Oct. 16, 1736) ; issue 417 (Oct. 23, 1736) ; issue 421 (Oct. 30, 1736)-issue 433 (Jan. 22, 1737) ; issue 436 (Feb. 12, 1737)-issue 481 (Dec. 24, 1737). |
| General note | Description based on: No. I. (Saturday, October 12. 1728.); title from caption. |
| General note | Henry Stonecastle is a pseudonym for Henry Baker. |
| General note | Imprint from undated colophon. |
| General note | Imprints vary. |
| General note | Includes essays, European and colonial news, crime news, death notices, bankrupts, stock prices and mortality schedules. |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: Numb. 907 (Saturday, February 22, 1746.). |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | The first issue contains an introduction by the editors and a contribution from Daniel Defoe. |
| References | NCBEL, II:1278 |
| References | NCBEL, II:1326 |
| Special numbering | No. 397-403 misnumbered 389-395. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |