| Other author/creator | Bell, John, 1745-1831, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Dudley, H. Bate (Henry Bate), Sir, 1745-1824, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Stuart, Daniel, 1766-1846, publisher. |
| Variant title |
Morning Post and Daily Advertiser |
| Variant title |
Morning Post and Fashionable World |
| Variant title |
Morning Post and Gazetteer |
| Frequency | Daily (except Sunday) |
| 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. 107, Friday, March 5, 1773 ; no. 946, Tuesday, November 7, 1775 - no. 972, Thursday, December 7, 1775 ; no. 977, Wednesday, December 13, 1775 ; no. 982, Tuesday, December 19 1775 ; no. 984, Thursday, December 21, 1775 - no. 992, Saturday, December 30, 1775 ; no. 4372, Wednesday, February 21, 1787 ; no. 4377, Tuesday, February 27, 1787 - no. 4382, Monday, March 5, 1787 ; no. 4384, Wednesday, March 7, 1787 - no. 4388, Monday, March 12 1787 ; no. 4393, Saturday, March 17 1787 ; no. 4404, Wednesday, April 11, 1787 ; no. 4405, Thursday, April 12, 1787 ; no. 4530, Saturday, September 15, 1787 ; no. 5354, Friday, June 25, 1790 ; no. 5360, Friday, July 2, 1790 ; no. 5364, Wednesday, July 7, 1790 ; no. 5418, Wednesday, September 8, 1790 ; no. 5524, Wednesday, December 29, 1790 ; no. 6133, Wednesday, December 19, 1792. |
| 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 | "[Price two pence.]". |
| General note | "Price 4d.". |
| General note | "Price fourpence halfpenny.". |
| General note | "Price in 1783, -- 3d. Taxed by Mr. Pitt, 3d." on two lines gathered by a right hand brace, to the right of which is "Price 6d.". |
| General note | Below imprint: Persons in the country, who chuse to be regularly supplied with this paper, are desired to send their address to the publisher, J. Williams; to the clerks of the respective roads at the Post-Office; or apply to the early stage coaches; which orders will be punctually attended to. |
| General note | Description based on: No 89 (Friday, February 12, 1773); title from caption. |
| General note | Description based on: No. 1931[sic] (Monday, December 17, 1792); title from caption. |
| General note | Description based on: No. 7014 (Tuesday, July 1, 1794); title from caption. |
| General note | Description based on: No. 7976 (Wednesday, October 4, 1797); title from caption. |
| General note | Editors: the Rev. Henry Bate (to 1780), the Rev. William Jackson, and in the mid-1780s, John Taylor; founders included John Bell. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon. |
| General note | Imprint varies. |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: No 7973 (Saturday, September 30, 1797). |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: No. 10,081 (Wednesday, December 31, 1800). |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: No. 6130 (Saturday, December 15, 1792). |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: No. 7013 (Monday, June 30, 1794). |
| General note | One of the longest running and most important London papers under several versions of the title. |
| General note | Published by Daniel Stuart from 1795-1803. |
| General note | Purchased by Daniel Stuart in 1795. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the principal writers on this paper from 1797-1803. |
| Citation/References note |
Hindle, W. Morning post 1772-1937 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 586 |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1335 |
| References |
Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers, 172 |
| References |
Werkmeister, L. London daily press, p. 20 |
| Special numbering | No. 7510-7519 repeated in numeration, dates are consecutive; issue numbering is irregular after July 1796. |
| Special numbering | Numbering continues from one of the previous titles "The Morning post and fashionable world". Numbering is irregular in places; jumps from 8009 to 9000, dates are consecutive. |
| Special numbering | Numbering continues from one of the previous titles "The Morning post". |
| Special numbering | Numbering continues from previous title. |
| Special numbering | Numbering continues from previous title. Numbering is irregular; first issue misnumbered "1931" instead of "6131"; no. 6173 repeated on two consecutive issues. |
| Title history note | Counterfeited in 1776-1777 by "The Morning post, and daily advertiser" and "The New morning post; or, General advertiser" of George Corral and Edward Cox. Some issues from this period have the publisher's name at head of title: Published by R. Bell, in Blake-court, Catherine-street, Strand. |
| Title history note | Merged with: The Gazetteer, to become: The Morning post and gazetteer - Cf. NCBEL II:1328. |
| Title history note | Merged with: The World, in 1794 to become: The Morning post and fashionable world. |
| Title history note | Merger of: The Morning post and fashionable world, and: The Gazetteer -Cf. NCBEL II:1328. |
| Title history note | Merger of: The Morning post, and: The World. |
| Title history note | Succeeded by: The Morning post, in 1803. |
| Preceding title |
Morning post, and daily advertiser |
| Preceding title |
Morning post; or, Cheap daily advertiser |
| Formed by |
Morning post and fashionable world |
| Formed by |
Morning post |
| Formed by |
World (London, England : 1787) |
| Succeeding title |
Morning post and fashionable world |
| Succeeding title |
Morning post and gazetteer |
| Succeeding title |
Morning post |
| Merged with |
World (London, England : 1787) |
| Related Item | Counterfeited by: Morning post, and daily advertiser (London, England : 4 Nov. 1776) |
| Related Item | Counterfeited by: New morning post; or, General advertiser |
| Genre/form | Newspapers. |