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The Cumberland pacquet. : And Ware's Whitehaven advertiser
Title
The Cumberland pacquet. : And Ware's Whitehaven advertiser.
Published
Whitehaven : Printed by J[ohn]. Ware and Son, by whom printing-work in general is neatly and expeditiously executed - Subscriptions, and advertisements are taken in by G. Robinson, no. 25, Pater-Noster-Row, London, at the Chapter and Peele's Coffee-Houses, London, by E. Wilson, Dumfries ; and by the publishers, [1775]-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; fol.
Frequency
Weekly
Extent
No. 26 = 12 W. 2 Q. (Thursday, Apr. 13, 1775.)-
Ceased in 1896. Cf. Newsplan.
Numbering Peculiarities
Volume numbering begins with V. I, No. 53; volume numbers change after 52 issues or a calendar year, which runs in this case from Oct. to Oct.
Week and quarter numbers are added to designation, apparently to remind subscribers when their next payment is due.
Local Notes
BEIN 1976 Folio S16: Tax stamp: 2:71.
Notes
Title from caption.
Title words engraved.
Imprint from colphon.
Imprints lack dates; first year of publication from date of issue.
Issue number and quarter reference above title in early issues; in <1781> volume and issue numbers move to the date line.
Price on date line.
Note below date line in later numbers lists coffee houses in London where copies may be read.
Printed in four columns. Text of news articles begins with factotum initial.
Includes brief summaries of news from London and Europe; emphasis is upon regional and local news, ship movements, new books, regional and local advertisements including patent medicines, real estate, prices. Includes poet's corner in later issues. Tory political views, especially preceding and during the American Revolution. Advertisements in later issue have small cuts.
Microfilm. no. 26-no. 481(1775:Apr. 13-1783:Dec. 30). Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: Microform Academic Publishers. 4 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.; (No. 583/1-4).
Variant and related titles
Cumberland pacquet
Cumberland pacquet. And Ware's Whitehaven advertiser
Whitehaven advertiser
Continued by
Format
Journals & Newspapers
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1367
NEWSPLAN. Northern Region, p. 274-276
Ward, W.S. Index and finding list of serials published in the British Isles, 1789-1832, p. 40
Subjects
Genre/Form
Newspapers - England - 18th century.
Also listed under
John Ware and Son, printer.
Great Britain England Whitehaven.
Great Britain England Cumbria.
England Whitehaven.
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