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Newspaper The Newport Mercury (Newport, R.I.) 1759-1928 Issue for Nov. 6, 1775 published as: Occasional paper, containing the most important and authentic advices / Issues for Nov. 13-27, 1775 published as: Freshest advices, foreign and domestic / Newport weekly mercury / Weekly Newport mercury

About this Newspaper

Title

  • The Newport Mercury (Newport, R.I.) 1759-1928

Other Title

  • Issue for Nov. 6, 1775 published as: Occasional paper, containing the most important and authentic advices
  • Issues for Nov. 13-27, 1775 published as: Freshest advices, foreign and domestic
  • Newport weekly mercury
  • Weekly Newport mercury

Names

  • Southwick, Solomon, 1731-1797

Dates of Publication

  • 1759-1928

Created / Published

  • Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, [1759]-1928.

Headings

  • -  Newport (R.I.)--Newspapers
  • -  Newport County (R.I.)--Newspapers
  • -  Rhode Island--Newport
  • -  Rhode Island--Newport County
  • -  United States--Rhode Island--Newport--Newport

Genre

  • Electronic journals
  • Newspapers

Notes

  • -  Weekly
  • -  Began in 1759.
  • -  -whole no. 9699 (Apr. 28, 1928).
  • -  "Weekly" appears above title ornament, June 7, 1873-Dec. 25, 1880.
  • -  Brigham, C.S. Amer. newspapers p. 997
  • -  Gregory, W. American newspapers, 1821-1936 p. 633
  • -  Suspended Nov. 25, 1776; resumed Jan. 5, 1780.
  • -  Issues for Jan. 1, 1881-Apr. 28, 1928 called also vol. 122, no. 25-v. 170, no. 47.
  • -  Also issued in microform andd microprint Bell & Howell, Micro-Photo Division; Readex Microprint Corp.; Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service; Brown University.
  • -  Daily ed.: Newport evening Mercury, 1853-1854.
  • -  Daily ed.: Newport daily news, May 4, 1846-
  • -  Description based on: No. 40 (Mar. 20, 1759).
  • -  Newport journal and weekly news (DLC)sn 91070510 (OCoLC)24231761
  • -  Newport Mercury and weekly news (DLC)sn 85042450 (OCoLC)12432347

Medium

  • volumes

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Newspaper
  • AN

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • sn83021176

OCLC Number

  • 9874475

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