The Crisis.

Other author Moore, William, attributed name.
Other author Bodleian Library.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[London] : Printed and published for the authors, by T.W. Shaw, in Fleet-Street, opposite Anderton's Coffee House, where letters to the publisher will be thankfully received, [1775-1776]
Description91 volumes ; 35 cm (2°)
Supplemental ContentFull text online
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Uniform titleCrisis (London, England : 1775)
Other title Crisis, during the present bloody civil war in America No. 51 (6 Jan. 1776)-No. 90 (6 Oct. 1776)
FrequencyWeekly
General noteEditorship attributed to William Moore, author of the Whisperer, using various pseudonyms (cf. NCBEL).
General noteSome issues have headlines above text which appear as distinctive titles.
General noteImprint from undated colophon.
General noteFollowing issue number: To be continued weekly.
General noteNote on date line: Price two-pence halfpenny.
General noteFrom no. 51, note following issue number: To be continued weekly, during the present bloody civil war in America and from no. 76 to no. 90, note following issue number: To be continued every Saturday, during the present bloody civil war in America.
General noteWith continuous pagination, including the supplement.
General noteIncludes strident attacks on Lord North's ministry for his North American policies; laments the political defeat of William Pitt.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1285
References Crane & Kaye, 153
References Times handlist, p. 44
References English Short Title Catalog, P232
Special numberingFirst number apparently reissued on Saturday, Jan. 21, 1775.
Special numberingFrom no. 2, published on Saturdays.
Special numberingNo. 7 appears to be misdated or dated according to date of composition, as it repeats the date of no. 5 (18 Feb. 1775), but should have been dated 4 Mar. 1775; no. 6 date is 25 Feb. 1775.
Special numberingNo more published.
Supplement noteHas unnumbered supplement: The Crisis. Extraordinary. (Wednesday, August 9, 1775).
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteReprinted in London and in the American colonies, with individual issues appearing as octavo pamphlets; descriptions of these publications appear in Evans (no. 13896-13996).
Source of descriptionNo. I. (Friday, Jan. 20, 1775.); title from caption.
Source of descriptionNo. XCI. (Saturday, Oct. 12, 1776.).
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formPeriodicals.
Genre/formPeriodicals.

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