Morning post.

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PublicationLondon : printed by J. Norris, Blake-Court, Catherine-Street, Strand; where letters (post paid) for the editor, are received, and advertisements taken inches Advertisements are also taken in at Mr. Hargrave's, Rainbow Coffee-House, Cornhill, [1773-1800]
Description1 online resource (volumes).
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II

Other author/creatorBell, John, 1745-1831, editor.
Other author/creatorColeridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, contributor.
Other author/creatorDudley, H. Bate (Henry Bate), Sir, 1745-1824, editor.
Other author/creatorStuart, Daniel, 1766-1846, publisher.
Variant title Morning Post and Daily Advertiser
Variant title Morning Post and Fashionable World
Variant title Morning Post and Gazetteer
FrequencyDaily (except Sunday)
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteReproduced 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 noteImages 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 noteBelow 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 noteDescription based on: No 89 (Friday, February 12, 1773); title from caption.
General noteDescription based on: No. 1931[sic] (Monday, December 17, 1792); title from caption.
General noteDescription based on: No. 7014 (Tuesday, July 1, 1794); title from caption.
General noteDescription based on: No. 7976 (Wednesday, October 4, 1797); title from caption.
General noteEditors: the Rev. Henry Bate (to 1780), the Rev. William Jackson, and in the mid-1780s, John Taylor; founders included John Bell.
General noteImprint from colophon.
General noteImprint varies.
General noteLatest issue consulted: No 7973 (Saturday, September 30, 1797).
General noteLatest issue consulted: No. 10,081 (Wednesday, December 31, 1800).
General noteLatest issue consulted: No. 6130 (Saturday, December 15, 1792).
General noteLatest issue consulted: No. 7013 (Monday, June 30, 1794).
General noteOne of the longest running and most important London papers under several versions of the title.
General notePublished by Daniel Stuart from 1795-1803.
General notePurchased by Daniel Stuart in 1795.
General noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteSamuel 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 numberingNo. 7510-7519 repeated in numeration, dates are consecutive; issue numbering is irregular after July 1796.
Special numberingNumbering 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 numberingNumbering continues from one of the previous titles "The Morning post".
Special numberingNumbering continues from previous title.
Special numberingNumbering continues from previous title. Numbering is irregular; first issue misnumbered "1931" instead of "6131"; no. 6173 repeated on two consecutive issues.
Title history noteCounterfeited 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 noteMerged with: The Gazetteer, to become: The Morning post and gazetteer - Cf. NCBEL II:1328.
Title history noteMerged with: The World, in 1794 to become: The Morning post and fashionable world.
Title history noteMerger of: The Morning post and fashionable world, and: The Gazetteer -Cf. NCBEL II:1328.
Title history noteMerger of: The Morning post, and: The World.
Title history noteSucceeded 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 ItemCounterfeited by: Morning post, and daily advertiser (London, England : 4 Nov. 1776)
Related ItemCounterfeited by: New morning post; or, General advertiser
Genre/formNewspapers.

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