Flying Post.

Other author Ridpath, George, -1726, editor.
Other author Whatley, Stephen, active 1712-1741, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : printed for John Salusbury, at the Rising-Sun in Cornhil, 1695-1733.
Description1 online resource (volumes).
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Subjects
London (England)--Newspapers.

Variant title Flying Post or The Post Master
FrequencyThree times a week
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteReproduced from source library: no. 281, Saturday-Tuesday, Feb. 27-March 2, 1697 ; [July 11. 1697] ; no. 122, Saturday-Tuesday, February 22-25, 1698 ; no. 569, Saturday-Tuesday, Decemb. 31. 1698-Jan. 3. 1699 ; no. 572, Saturday-Tuesday, Jan. 7-10, 1699 - no. 583, Thursday-Saturday, February 2-4, 1699 ; no. 586, Thursday-Saturday, February 9-11, 1699 - no. 592, Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 23-25, 1699 ; no. 594, Tuesday-Thursday, Feb. 28-March 2. 1699 - no. 597, Tuesday-Thursday, March 7-9, 1699 ; no. 600, Tuesday-Thursday, March 14-16, 1699 ; no. 602, Saturday-Tuesday, March 18-21, 1699 - no. 613, Thursday-Saturday, April 13-15, 1699 ; no. 616, Thursday-Saturday, April 20-22, 1699 - no. 627, Tuesday-Thursday, May 16-18, 1699 ; no. 629, Saturday-Tuesday, May 20-23, 1699 - no. 633, Tuesday-Thursday, May 30-June 1, 1699 ; no. 635, Saturday-Tuesday, June 3-6, 1699 ; no. 637, Thursday-Saturday, June 8-10, 1699 - no. 639, Tuesday-Thursday, June 13-15, 1699 ; no. 640, Thursday-Saturday, June 15-17, 1699 - no. 642, Tuesday-Thursday, June 20-22, 1699 ; no. 1196, Saturday-Tuesday, January 2-5, 1703 ; Thursday-Saturday, August 12-14, 1703 ; no. 1323, Tuesday-Thursday, October 26-28, 1703 - no. 1328, Saturday-Tuesday, November 6-9, 1703 ; no. 1330, Thursday-Saturday, November 11-13, 1703 - no. 1335, Tuesday-Thursday, November 23-25, 1703 ; no. 1337, Saturday-Tuesday, November 27-30, 1703 - no. 1347, Tuesday-Thursday, December 21-23. 1703 ; no. 1350, Tuesday-Thursday, December 28-30, 1703 ; no. 1365, Tuesday-Thursday, February 1-3, 1704 ; no. 1367, Saturday-Tuesday, February 5-8, 1704 ; no. 1637, Saturday-Tuesday, October 27-30, 1705 ; no. 1850, Tuesday-Thursday, March 11-13, 1706 ; no. 1853, Tuesday-Thursday, March 18-20, 1706 ; no. 1990, [January 27. 1707] ; no. 1992, February 2. 1707 ; no. 1998, [February 14. 1707] ; no. 1998, February 16. 1707 ; [March 17. 1707] ; no. 2012, March 19. 1707 ; no. 1857, Thursday-Saturday, March 27-29, 1707 ; no. 1859, Tuesday-Thursday, April 1-3, 1707 - no. 1863, Thursday-Saturday, April 10-12, 1707 ; no. 1968, Tuesday-Thursday, December 2-4, 1707 ; no. 1969, Thursday-Saturday, December 4-6, 1707 ; no. 1970, Saturday-Tuesday, December 6-9, 1707 ; no. 1970, Tuesday-Thursday, December 9-11, 1707 ; no. 1972, Thursday-Saturday, December 11-13, 1707 ; no. 1973, December 16. 1707 ; no. [197], December 22. 1707 ; no. 1984, [January 13. 1708] ; no. 1987, [January 20. 1708] ; no. 1989, [January 26. 1708] ; no. 1993, [February 3. 1708] ; no. 2001, [February 23. 1708] - no. 2004, [March 1. 1708] ; no. 2007, [March 6. 1708] - no. 2009, [March 12 1708] ; no. 2011, [March 16 1708] - no. 2013, [March 22. 1708] ; no. 2016, March 30. 1708 ; no. 2018, April 3. 1708 - no. 2020, [April 9. 1708] ; no. 2022, April 13. 1708 - no. 2024, April 19. 1708 ; no. 2024, [December 4. 1708] ; no. 2025, [December 7. 1708] ; no. 2027, [December 11. 1708] ; no. 2028, Saturday-Tuesday, December 11-14, 1708 ; no. 2030, [December 18. 1708] ; no. 2031, [December 22. 1708] ; no. 2033, [December 25. 1708] ; no. 2036, [January 3. 1709] ; no. 2192, [January 17. 1709] ; no. 2043, [January 18. 1709] ; no. 2193, [January 20. 1709] ; no. 2045, [January 22. 1709] ; no. 2046, [January 25. 1709] ; no. 2197, [January 30. 1709] ; no. 2199, [February 3. 1709] ; no. 2200, [February 6. 1709] ; no. 2051, [February 7. 1709] ; no. 2202, [February 10. 1709] ; no. 2024, [February 14. 1709] ; no. 2026, [February 20. 1709] ; no. 2058, [February 22. 1709] ; no. 2029, [February 25. 1709] ; no. 2060, [February 26. 1709] ; no. 2060, [February 28. 1709] ; no. 2063, [March 5. 1709] - no. 2066, [March 14. 1709] ; no. 2069, [March 19. 1709] ; no. 2070, [March 22. 1709] ; no. 2070, [March 23. 1709] ; no. 2072, [March 28. 1709] ; no. 2073, [March 29. 1709] ; no. 2075, [April 4. 1709] ; no. 2075, [April 4. 1709] ; no. 2077, [April 8. 1709] ; no. 2078, [April 11. 1709] ; no. 2082, [April 20. 1709] - no. 2084, [April 25. 1709] ; no. 2086, [April 29. 1709] - no. 2088, [September 16 1709] ; no. 2112, [November 18. 1709] ; no. 1214, Saturday-Tuesday, November 19-22, 1709 ; no. 2118, [November 23. 1709] ; no. 2170, [November 28. 1709] ; no. 2122, [November 30. 1709] ; no. [2174], [December 12. 1709] ; no. 2178, [December 16. 1709] ; no. 2179, [December 17. 1709] ; no. 3033, Thursday-Saturday, February 22-24, 1710 ; no. 2212, [March 4. 1710] ; no. 2212, [March 6, 1710] ; no. 2215, [March 13. 1710] ; no. 2223, [March 23. 1710] ; no. [2223], [March 24. 1710] ; no. 2225, [March 29. 1710] ; no. 2228, [April 4. 1710] ; no. 2229, [April 7. 1710] ; no. 2212, [April 14. 1710] ; no. 2213, [April 17. 1710] ; no. 2221, [May 4, 1710] ; no. 2221, [May 5. 1710] ; no. 2226, [May 16. 1710] ; no. 2228, [May 22. 1710] ; no. 2230, [May 26. 1710] ; no. 2238, [June 13. 1710] ; no. 2238, [June 14. 1710] ; no. 2241, [June 19. 1710] ; [1711] ; no. 3022, [Jan. 27. 1711] ; no. 3074, [June 11. 1711] ; no. [3079], [June 21. 1711] ; no. 3080, [June 23. 1711] ; [August 21. 1711] ; [Sept. 18. 1711] ; [Sept. 29. 1711] ; no. 3127, [Octob. 16. 1711] ; [October 27. 1711] ; [June 11. 1712] ; [June 12. 1712] ; Saturday-Tuesday, June 14-17, 1712 ; no. 3233, Tuesday-Thursday, June 17-19, 1712 ; [June 17. 1712] ; [June 20. 1712] ; [June 24. 1712] ; no. 3237, Thursday-Saturday, June 26-28, 1712 ; [June 28. 1712] ; [June 28. 1712] ; [July 7. 1712] ; [July 10. 1712] ; no. 3244, Saturday-Tuesday, July 12-15, 1712 ; [July 13. 1712] ; no. 3245, Tuesday-Thursday, July 15-17, 1712 ; [July 18. 1712] ; [July 19. 1712] ; [July 21. 1712] ; [July 24. 1712] ; no. 3250, Saturday-Tuesday, July 26-29, 1712 - no. 3254, Tuesday-Thursday, August 5-7, 1712 ; no. 3272, Tuesday-Thursday, September 16-18, 1712 ; no. 3274, Saturday-Tuesday, September 20-23, 1712 ; no. 3275, Tuesday-Thursday, September 23-25, 1712 ; no. 3314, Tuesday-Thursday, December 23-25, 1712 ; no. 3555, Thursday-Saturday, October 14-16, 1714 ; no. 3558, Thursday-Saturday, October 21-23, 1714 - no. 3564, Thursday-Saturday, November 4-6, 1714 ; no. 3566, Tuesday-Thursday, November 9-11, 1714 ; no. 3567, Thursday-Saturday, November 11-13, 1714 ; no. 3572, Tuesday-Thursday, November 23-25, 1714 ; no. 3573, Thursday-Saturday, November 25-27, 1714 ; no. 3583, Saturday-Tuesday, December 18-21, 1714 - no. 3585, Thursday-Saturday, December 23-25, 1714 ; no. 3627, Thursday-Saturday, March 31-April 2, 1715 ; no. 4739, Thursday-Saturday, June 13-15, 1723 ; no. 4833, Saturday-Tuesday, January 18-21, 1724 ; no. 5078, Thursday-Saturday, August 12-14, 1725 ; no. 5354, Thursday-Saturday, May 25-27, 1727.
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 noteDates of some issues given according to Lady Day dating.
General noteDescription based on: Numb. 128 (From Saturday March 7. to Tuesday March 10. 1696); title from caption.
General noteFrom "no later than 1697" edited by George Ridpath; from sometime in 1713, edited by Stephen Whatley. Cf. McLeod.
General noteImprint from colophon.
General noteImprint varies.
General noteLatest issue consulted: Numb. 5808 (Tuesday February 2. 1731).
General noteOriginally printed as a folio half-sheet, during 1713 appeared as a small folio of four or six pages.
General noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteSome issues signed at head of title.
General noteThe chief Whig newspaper during the reign of Queen Anne. Cf. McLeod.
General noteTitle varies.
References Crane & Kaye, 242
References McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 16, 27
References NCBEL, II:1320
References Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 156.122-881
References Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 156*
References Times handlist, pp. 33, 40
Special numberingNumbering continues from previous title.
Supplement noteWith occasional "Postscripts",some having distinctive titles.
Title history noteIn Aug. 1712 absorbed The Medley, which was separately numbered for the first six issues then continued unnumbered, but with a section title, as part of every second or third issue of The Flying-post until Jan. 1713. Cf. McLeod.
Title history noteReprinted in Dublin by Cornelius Carter, beginning in Mar.? 1699? And apparently the source for other Irish newspapers: reprints, copies or piracies, between 1699? and 1725.
Title history noteSome issues reprinted in Edinburgh, 1696.
Preceding title Flying-post (London, England : 1695)
Asorbed Medley (London, England : 2nd. ser., 1712 : Baldwin/Baker)
Other edition issuedFlying post: or, the post-master (Dublin, Ireland : 1699 : C. Carter)
Genre/formNewspapers.

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