No. [1] (Dec. 22, 1719)-

Ceased in 1749. Cf. Salisbury, Pennsylvania newspapers.

Facsimile of Amercian weekly mercury, Dec.22, 1719-May 22, 1746.

Publishers: Cornelia Bradford, 1742-43; Isaiah Warner and Cornelia Bradford, 1743-44; Cornelia Bradford, 1744-49.

Limited edition.

"The American weekly mercury ... was the first newspaper published in the middle colonies and the fourth in order of time published in America ... The first number ... was issued at Philadelphia on December 22d, 1719, by Andrew Bradford, the founder of the 'newspaper' in the middle colonies."--Pref., v. 1.

Colonial Society of Pennsylvania.