| Uniform title | Moderate intelligencer (London, England : 1645) |
| Frequency | Weekly (Thurs.) |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Reproduced from source library: no. 201, Thursday, January 18-25, 1649 - no. 203, Thursday, February 1-8, 1649 ; no. 207, Thursday, March 1-8, 1649 ; no. 219, Thursday, May 24-31, 1649. |
| Local note | Images 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 note | As one of the longest-running and most successful newsbooks, it had a number of competitors and imitators. |
| General note | Attributed to John Dillingham. Cf. Nelson and Seccombe. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon. |
| General note | Imprint varies. |
| General note | Pagination and signatures are continuous. |
| General note | Printers changed during 1648 as a result of Gilbert Mabbott's attempt to take over the newsbook; the attempt was unsuccessful. |
| General note | Publication ceased as a result of the Licensing Act of 1649, which supressed the entire licensed press from 12 Oct. 1649 until mid-1650. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | This record subsumes all editions and variants of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson and Seccombe. |
| General note | Title from caption. |
| References |
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper 1620-1660, p.90-91, 228 |
| References |
Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 419.001-237 |
| Special numbering | Gap in publication; none published: 29 Jul.-12 Aug. 1647. |
| Special numbering | Numb. 44 misdated: 1546. |
| Special numbering | Numbs. 38 and 103 repeated in numbering. |
| Special numbering | Numbs. 62, 103, and 106 have variant issues (not in the Thomason Collection). Cf. Nelson & Seccombe. |
| Title history note | A companion publication 'The Moderate intelligencer' issued on a Tuesday, appeared for one issue in 1649. |
| Title history note | According to Frank this title was revived by Dillingham in 1652; Nelson & Seccombe are doubtful about the attribution of the 1652 title to Dillingham. |
| Preceding title |
Parliament scout |
| Related Item | Possibly revived as: Moderate intelligencer (London, England : 1652) |
| Related Item | Moderate intelligencer (London, England : 1649) |
| Genre/form | Newsbooks. |