The Newport mercury [electronic resource].

Uniform title
Format
Journal
Language
English
Published/​Created
Newport, R.I. : Printed by J. Franklin, [1759]-1928.
Description
  • v.
  • -whole no. 9699 (Apr. 28, 1928)
  • Began in 1759.

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Subject(s)
Related name
Series
American history, 1493-1945. [More in this series]
Continues
Newport mercury (Newport, N.J. : 1758)
Merged to form
  • Newport journal and weekly news
  • Newport mercury and weekly news
Numbering peculiarities
  • 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.
Frequency
Weekly
Linking notes
Daily eds.: Newport daily news, May 4, 1846- ; Newport evening mercury, 1853-1854.
Notes
  • "Containing the freshest advices foreign and domestic."
  • "Weekly" appears above title ornament, June 7, 1873-Dec. 25, 1880.
  • Printed by Henry Barber
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. No. 1091 (Aug. 24, 1782). Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, c2014 (American history, 1493-1945. Module 1, Settlement, commerce, revolution and reform, 1493-1859)
Location of originals
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Source of description
Description based on: No. 40 (Mar. 20, 1759)
Other title(s)
  • Occasional paper, containing the most important and authentic advices Nov. 6, 1775
  • Freshest advices, foreign and domestic Nov. 13-27, 1775
  • Weekly Newport mercury June 7, 1873-Dec. 25, 1880
Other editions
  • Newport daily news
  • Newport evening mercury
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