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1785, March 22, Tuesday (est.)-The Plymouth Journal, And the Massachusetts Advertiser, at Plymouth, by Nathaniel Coverly.
Printed on a folio sheet, four pages, four columns to a page. In the heading is a cut of the Plymouth Colony. seal, beneath which is the legend: "Plymouth Nov-Anglia Sigillum. Societatis." Below the date-line is the motto: "Patrum Pietate Ortum, Filiorum Virtute Servandum." Imprint- "Plymouth : Printed and published by Nathaniel Coverly." The latest copy known is Number LXV., Vol. II., Tuesday, June 13, 1786. Coverly had printed at Concord as early as 1776. In 1798 his printing office was at Medford. 1
1788-The American Herald ; and The Worcester Record- er, at Worcester. (See p. clxxxiv.)
The following shows the arrangement of title, etc., of the first number of this paper published at Worcester :
1 Brinley, 5865, 5866, 7153.
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[Vol. VIII.]
[Number 368.]
The American Herald, and the Worcester Recorder.
Thursday, August 21, 1788.
Worcester : Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Published by Edward Eveleth Powars.
In the center of the heading was a cut representing a farming scene-a farmer plowing with oxen, followed by a woman bearing in her arms a bun- dle of grain; a halo above her head. Beneath the scene the motto, "Ven- erate the Plow." The paper was printed on a small folio sheet, four pages, three columns to the page. The latest issue known at Worcester is No. 424, Vol. VIII., Thursday, October 8, 1789.
1789, December 1-The Western Star, at Stockbridge. (See p. clxxxviii.)
The following shows the arrangement of the title of the third number :
The Western Star.
Tuesday, December 15, 1789. ] [No. 3.
Stockbridge (Massachusetts) : Printed and Published by Loring Andrews.
The paper was printed on a folio sheet, three columns to the page, un- til Vol. VI., No. 51, Tuesday, November 10, 1795, Whole No. 311, when it was increased to four columns to the page. It was published weekly. The issue for Tuesday, May 20, 1794, Vol. V., No. 26, Whole No. 234, shows no change in the title, imprint, or size. Vol. V., No. 30, Whole No. 237, Tuesday, June 17, 1794, shows a change in title to "Andrews's West- ern Star," the last two words being in Old English letters. On Septem- ber 5, 1796, Vol. VII., No. 42, Whole No. 354, the day of publication was changed to Monday. . The headirg and imprint remained the same until February 20, 1797. The following week the title and imprint appeared in the following form :
Vol. VIII. No. 15.] [Whole No. 379.
The Western Star.
Stockbridge (Massachusetts) : Published by Rosseter & Willard.
Monday, February 27, 1797.
Vol. VIII., No. 47, Whole No. 416, Monday, October 8, 1797, shows a slight change in the appearance of the title, the words "The" and "Star" appearing in script, and the word "Western" in printed letters, with a semi-circular scroll above the star. The paper was issued by the same
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publishers so late as Tuesday, July 24, 1798, No. 36 of Vol. IX. No. 43 of Vol. IX., Tuesday, September II, 1798, has the imprint -- "Printed at Stockbridge (Mass.) by Benjamin Rosseter," who continued as the sole proprietor until No. 13 of Vol. X., Tuesday, February 19, 1799, and per- haps for some months longer. The issue for Monday, September 30, 1799, No. 45 of Vol. X., has the imprint-"Printed at Stockbridge, (Mass.) by H. Willard, for Horatio Jones & Co." No. 17 of Vol. XI., Tuesday, March 18, 1800, Whole No. 537, shows no further change.
1795, May 19, Tuesday-The Tablet, at Boston, by Joseph Dennie.
This paper was printed on a quarto sheet, 16 x 10} inches, four pages, the printed matter on each page being 6 x 8} inches, two columns to a page. The appearance of the heading, etc., was as follows :
THE
TABLET.
A MISCELLANEOUS PAPER, DEVOTED TO THE BELLES LETTRES.
AS A STRANGER, GIVE IT WELCOME .- SHAKESPEARE.
VOL. I. TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1795. Nº. I.
The imprint was at the foot of the second column on the fourth page, as follows : "From the Press of William Spotswood, No. 55, Marlborough- Street, Boston." The paper was principally literary in its character. Dennie had the valuable aid of Royal Tyler, who furnished a series of ar- ticles "From the shop of Mess. Colon & Spondee." The paper was con- tinued until August II, 1795, about which time, or soon after, Dennie re- moved to Walpole, N. H., and began contributing to the Farmer's Weekly Museum his series of papers under the title of "The Lay Preacher," Royal Tyler also joining him at Walpole with his articles "From the shop of Mess. Colon & Spondee."
1798, October 26-Haverhill Federal Gazette, at Haverhill, by Seth H. Moore and Chester Stebbins. (See p. ccxvii.)
"Chester Stebbins was born in Springfield, and lived some time with a kinsman of the same name, who published a paper in that town. He
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finished his apprenticeship with Isaiah Thomas, at Worcester. As early as 1798 or '99, in connection with Seth Moore, he published a paper at Haverhill, in the county of Essex. The business was soon abandoned, and both Moore and Stebbins were employed as journeymen in Boston. Steb- bins was a first-rate printer. In the office of Thomas & Andrews, he was employed chiefly at the press. Subsequently he was in the office of Samuel Etheridge, at Charlestown, where he printed, on his own account, a very neat pocket edition of Milton's Paradise Lost. The firm of Green- ough & Stebbins, of whom he was the junior partner, was celebrated in Boston for the neatness and excellency of two editions of the Bible, which they published about the year 1812. As a convivial and social compan- ion, Stebbins had no rival. He could entertain any company, serious or jovial, with anecdote and song. He was a distinguished member of the Handel and Haydn and Philharmonic Societies, and was a favorite at all the musical clubs and private musical parties. His voice was a rich tenor, of great sweetness, power, and flexibility, and whether exercised in the church, the parlor, or the concert room, it never failed to com- mand admiration. One of his favorite songs was the Crazy Jane of M. G. Lewis, which he sung with a tenderness and pathos that touched the heart of every one who heard it. After the dissolution of the partner- ship with Greenough, Stebbins continued the business in Boston for many years. His affairs were not prosperous; disappointments affected the suavity of his deportment; he grew unsocial; neglected by many who had professed friendship before the day of darkness had come, and sick, as much, perhaps, from a broken heart as from an enfeebled constitution, he died in the year 1818."1
1800-The Columbian Phenix and Boston Review, at Bos- ton, by Joseph Hawkins.
This was a monthly magazine, begun in January, 1800, and continued to and including July of the same year. The following is the precise title of the completed volume :
The Columbian Phenix and Boston Review. Containing useful information on Literature, Religion, Morality, Politics and Philosophy; with many interesting particulars in
1 Personal Memoirs and Recollections of Editorial Life, by Joseph T. Buckingham, Boston, 1852, I., 48-9.
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History and Biography. Forming a Compendium of the Present State of Society. Vol. I. for 1800. Boston : printed by Manning & Loring, for Joseph Hawkins, No. 39 Cornhill.
Pages 3-6 were occupied by addresses "To Correspondents," and "To the Public." There were several plates : frontispiece, Military Re- view on Boston Common, 30 Oct. 1799; in the April number, "Perpetual Log;" In the July number, a plate illustrating Hawkins's History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa. The volume contains pp. 451 (I); there was neither index nor table of contents.
In North's Newspaper History merely the titles are given of forty-four newspapers and periodicals, published in Massachusetts during the last century. In the foregoing pages eighty-six of such publications are fully described, and their history detailed.
LIST OF FILES OF MASSACHUSETTS NEWSPAPERS.1
Boston-The American Apollo, Oct. 5, 1792-Dec. 18, 1794 -B. P. L.
1792, Jan .- Sept. ; 1793, 4 Nos .; 1794, 30 Nos .- WIS. 1792, Jan. 6-Sept., Nos. 1-36, with ten covers-N. 1792, Vol. I., Part II., Nos. 1-38; Oct. 5-Dec. 28, 1792; June 21, 1793-Nov. 13, 1794-L. C. I792-94-A. A. S. I793-94-H. U.
Boston-The American Herald and The General Adver- tiser, Oct. 27, 1781 ; removed to Worcester and continued as
The American Herald and Worcester Recorder, Aug. 21, 1788; continued there about a year and re- moved to Boston and continued as
American Herald and The Washington Gazette, July
1 Owing to the lack of accurate and precise information as to the history of the news- papers, the libraries in cataloguing their newspaper files, have frequently listed dif- ferent papers having similar titles under the one name. In the following list the period of existence of the papers is approximately given where confusion might otherwise arise.
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20, 1790; merged in The Herald of Freedom, in 1791 or 1792.
1784, May 24-Dec. 6; March 28-Nov. 28, 1785; Jan. 2, 1784-H. U.
1784-86; only one paper for 1786-B. A.
1784-86 -- A. A. S.
1784-89-B. P. L. 1785-87-WIS. 1786, April 24-L. C.
Boston-The American Journal and Suffolk Intelligencer, 1785-H. U.
Boston-The American Magazine and Historical Chron- icle, 1743. (Sept. [pub. Oct. 20])-1746 (Dec.) -Y. U.
Sept., 1743, to Dec., 1744, inclusive, and 1744-46, 3 vols-L. C. P.
Boston-The Argus. 1791-93-H. U.
I791-92-B. P. L. 1791-93, I vol .- A. A. S.
Boston-Boston Centinel, 1784-90-WIS.
Boston-The Boston Chronicle, December 21, 1767, to June 25, 1770.
176- (Dec. 21, No. 1)-1768 (Dec. 12)-Y. U. Dec. 21, 1767-Dec. 26, 1768-C. H. S.
Dec. 21, 1767-Dec. 26, 1768 ; April 24-Oct. 26, 1769 -L. C.
1767-P. L. F.
Dec. 21, 1767-Dec. 28, 1769; 1770, I No .- B. P. L. Dec. 21, 1767-Dec. 28, 1769, 3 vols-M. H. S. 1767-N. J. H. S.
Dec. 21, 1767 (No. 1)-Dec. 19, 1768-N. Y. H. S. Semi-weekly, Dec. 10, 1769 (No. I), to June 21, 1770, · 2 vols-N. Y. H. S.
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Dec. 21, 1767, to Dec. 1807 (Jan. to May, 1799, wanting)-M.
Dec., 1767-Dec., 1768; Jan., 1769-June, 1770-WIS. 1767-68-H. S. P.
1767-69-H. U.
1768-70-A. A. S. 1768, I vol-N. Y. S. L.
1768-69-Essex Inst.
1769, Jan. 2 (No. I)-Dec. 25, No. 156-L. L.
See also The Independent Chronicle.
Boston-Boston Commercial Gazette, 1796-98, 1799, 1800- 1809-B. P. L.
Boston-Boston Courier, 1789-Essex Inst.
Boston-Boston Daily Advertiser, 1796-H. U.
1796-97-B. A. 1796, 1813-81, 99 vols .- A. A. S.
Boston-The Boston Evening Post (continuation of The Weekly Rehearsal), Aug. 21, 1735, to April 24, I775.
I735-74, 20 vols .- A. A. S.
Feb. 16, 1736, to April 24, 1775, 12 vols-M. H. S.
1741, 23 Nos .; 1750-75, 39 Nos .; 1765-66 (incom.) ; 1769, 23 Nos .; 1770, 16 Nos .; Jan .- Feb., April- Nov., 1771 ; 1772-73, 21 Nos .; 1774-75, 33 Nos. -WIS.
I741 (few); 1743-49, 1750-52, 1753, 1754-56, 1757-59, 1760-67, 1768-69, 1770-75, 1778-79- B. P. L.
July 26, 1742, to March 23, 1753, imp .- L. C. P. 1747-54, 1768-75-H. U.
1750-54, inclusive ; 1766-67, inclusive ; 1771, 1774- Essex Inst.
1758-60; 1765-74; 1781-83-B. A.
Jan. 5, 1761, to Nov. 15, 1762; Jan. 31, 1763, to Dec.
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12, 1763 ; Oct. 29, 1764, to Dec. 13, 1773 (incom.) ; Feb. 14, 1774, to Dec. 5, 1774 (incom.) ; Jan. 16, 1769, to Jan. 22, 1780; Oct. 20, 1781, to Oct. II, 1783-L. C.
1765, Jan. 21, Aug. 12-Oct. 14, Oct. 21-Dec. 30; 1765, Feb. 18, No. 1537-Sept. 16, No. 1566, 5 issues ; 1768, Jan. 4-Dec. 26, 16 issues, and 5 supplements ; I773, Dec. 6-L. L.
1766, Jan. 6, 20-Feb. 24, Mar. 17-31, April 14, May 26, Aug. II, Oct. 6, 20-Y. U.
July 13, 1767-April 10, 1775, wanting Nov. I and Dec. 13, 1773-N. Y. S. L.
1769, Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Nov. 6, 13, 20; Dec. 11, 18, 25 ; March 6, 20, 27, April 10, 1775 ; Aug. 23, 1783-N. Y. H. S.
Boston-The Boston Evening Post and General Advertiser, 1778-83, I vol .- A. A. S. 1781-84-B. P. L.
1781-84-H. U.
Boston-The Boston Gazette, 1719, Dec. 21, to Oct. 19, 1741.
The Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal, Jan. 26, 1742, to Dec. 26, 1752.
The Boston Gazette, or Weekly Advertiser, Jan. 3, 1753, to March, 1755.
The Boston Gazette and Country Journal, April 7, 1755, to Dec. 30, 1793 ; continued as the
Boston Gazette, Jan. 6, 1794, to Sept. 17, 1798.
Dec. 21, 1719, to Oct. 19, 1741 ; Jan. 26, 1742, to Dec. 26, 1752; Jan. 16, 1753, to April, 1755; April 14, 1755, to Dec. 30, 1793; Jan. 6, 1794, to Sept. 17, 1798; 1719-1804, 25 vols., folio and 4to (incom- plete)-M. H. S.
1719-24, scat. Nos .; 1725; Mar .- Dec., 1726; 1727-
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29, 6 v. ; 1730-31, 2 v .; 1732-33, 12 Nos .; June- Aug., 1734; June-Aug., 1735, 7 Nos .; Oct .- Dec , 1736; 1741.27 Nos., 4 v .- WIS.
· 1719-48, 1743-51, 1753-54-A. A. S.
1724-36, 1741, 1747-49, 1753-50, 1761-62, 1764-89, and 13 Nos., 1707-89, 1799-WIS.
1738-H. U.
1741 (few), 1743 (few), 1744 (few), 1747-49 (few of each). 1751 (few), 1753 (few), 1755 (few), 1763, 1765-66, 1768-69, 1770-76, 1777-79, 1780-89- B. P. L.
1743-50, 1754, 1755-84, 1791-98-H. U.
1743-51, 5 vols .- A. A. S.
1747, 13 Nos. ; 1748, 15 Nos. ; 1749, 9 Nos -WIS. 1753-54, 12 Nos .- WIS.
1753-54, I vol. - A. A. S.
1753-54, 1760-79, 1795-96, 1798-1827-B. A.
1755-65, inclusive; 1768, 1778-80 inclusive; 1782; 1798-1800, inclusive-Essex Inst.
1755-62, 1764-98, 13 vols .- A. A. S.
1755,21 Nos .; 1756, 12 Nos .; 1757, 22 Nos .; 1758, 42 Nos. ; 1759-60, 5 v. ; 1761, 21 Nos .; 1762, 28 Nos. ; 1764, 18 Nos .; 1765, 24 Nos .; 1766, 1767-70, 28 Nos .; 1771-73, 21 Nos .; Jan .- Apr., 1774; July- Dec., 1776; 1777, 35 Nos .; 1778, 27 Nos .; Jan .- Sept., 1779; Jan .- Apr., 1780, I I Nos. ; 1782-90, 28 Nos. ; 1791-93, II Nos .- WIS.
1756, Monday, February 23, No. 47; 1759-Monday, April 30, No. 213, to Dec. 27, No. 246, II issues ; 1763, Feb. 28, No. 413; Nov. 7, No. 448; 1764-April 30, No. 474; Oct. 29, No. 500; 1765-Jan. 7, No. 510; 1767-Aug. 17, No. 646, to Oct. 26, No. 656, 4 issues; 1768-Dec. 12, No. 715; 1769-Jan. 16, No. 720; 1773-May 28, No. 791-Aug. 6, No. 800, 4 issues; 1771, May 13, No. 84C-Dec. 30, No.
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873, II issues; 1772-March 16, No. 884-Dec. 21, No. 924, 25 issues; 1773-Jan. II, No. 927-Dec. 27, No. 977, 44 issues, and Supplements to Nos 933, 935-8, 943 (two, the second being a misprint for 944), 945, 949, 951, 959, 964, 975-6; 1775- April 10, No. 1043-April 17, No. 1044, 2 issues .- L. L.
1757, Jan. 10-Dec. 5; 1760, Aug. II ; 1770, March II, fac-simile; 1773, Feb. 1; 1775, March 20, April 3, 30-N. Y. H. S.
1758, lacks Dec. 25; 1759; 1760, lacks Nos. 256, 261-2, 265, 278-80, 283, 296, 298; 1762, Jan. 4- May 24; 1766; 1775-76, lacks all before Feb. 20; also Nos. 1038-43, 1945-52, 1063 ; 1777, lacks Nos. 1191, 1198, 1204, 1209, and all others to the end- N. Y. S. L.
1758 (Jan. 16, No. 146) ; 1762 (Mar. 15)-1764 (Dec. 31 ), lacking 18 Nos. ; 1765 (Aug. 5-Oct. 14, 21-Dec. 30) ; 1766 (Jan. 6, 13, 20-Feb. 24, Mar. 10-Apr. 7, May 26, Oct. 20) ; 1768 (Jan. 4)-1770 (Dec. 24), lacks 9 Nos .; 1777-Jan. 13-1778, Dec. 28, lacks 6 Nos .- Y. U.
1762 and 1783 .- H. S. P.
1762, Jan. 4, to Dec. 27, 1773 ; Jan. 3, 1774, to Dec. 26, 1774 (incom.) ; Jan. 2, 1775, to Oct. 30, 1775 (incom.) ; Jan. 15, 1776, to Oct. 7, 1776; Jan. 13, 1777, to Dec. 15, 1777 ; Jan. 12, 1778, to Mar. 27, 1780 (incom.) ; April 3, 1780, to Dec. 30, 1782 ; Jan. 5, 1784, to Sept. 1790-L. C.
1765, 1767-74, incom .- M.
I77C-1772-H. S. P.
1776-26 issues, published at Watertown-WIS.
1790-98-B. P L.
1794, 22 Nos. ; 1795, 22 Nos. ; 1796-98, 3 Nos .- WIS. 1798, Jan. I, to Dec. 20, 1805 ; May 4, 1809, to June
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I, 1812; Jan. 4, 1813, to Dec. 30, 1824; Jan. I, 1826, to Dec. 29, 1828. (Daily) May 5, 1828, to Dec. 31, 1835-C. H. S.
See also The Boston Price-Current and Marine Intel- ligencer.
Boston -- The Boston Independent Advertiser, 1749-WIS. 1749-H. U.
Boston-Boston Journal and Advertiser, 1739-49-WIS.
Boston-Boston Magazine, Vol. I., Nov., 1783, to Dec., 1784, and Aug., 1786. Svo .- M. H. S.
1783 (Oct.)-1786 (Oct.)-Y. U.
Boston-Boston Weekly Magazine, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, March 2-16, 1743; Vol. II., 1803-4-M. H. S.
Boston-The Boston News-Letter, 1704-1762; The Boston Weekly News-Letter and New England Chronicle, 1763; The Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter, 1764-1776.
1704-43, 1745-49, 1753, 1760, 1762, 1768-71, 1772- 76; 16 vols .- A. A. S.1
April 24, 1704, to April 19, 1708, Nos. 1-209 (lacks Nos. 27, 138, 139, 140, 141. Sept. 4, 1729; Nov. 5, 1730, to Dec. 28, 1732, complete ; 1770-74, few scattering numbers-N. Y. H. S.
1704, April 17-24, No. I, to Sept. 23, 1717, No. 701, as follows : Nos. 1-7, 9, 11, 13-16, 28, 29, 31, 32, 42, 155, 157, 159-165, 215, 233-245,376-388, 400, 442-554, 467-470, 507-548, 552, 554-557, 570-586, 588, 594-597, 602, 604, 606, 607, 611, 612, 614- 617, 629-680, 683-685, 701; the foregoing are bound in one volume. The second volume begins with Jan. 6, 1718. The file ends April 13, 1775. 15 vols., folio, incomplete-M. H. S.
1704-1709 (Nos. 8, 143, 169-172, 211-214, 216, miss-
1 A full collation of these files is given at the end of this list of files of The News- Letter.
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ing from the files of the M. H. S., besides many other numbers) ; 1742-53; 1763-75-H. U.
1704, April 17-24 (fac simile, two editions). 1710 -March 13, No. 308; 1716-Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, March 5, 12, 19, 26, April 9, Nos. 611-523, 625. 1717-Jan. 7, No. 661. 1718- March 10, No. 725; May 12, No. 734 (all the foregoing consist of one leaf only). 1719-May 4, II, 18, 25, each two leaves; June I, one leaf; 8, 2 leaves; 15, one leaf; 22, 2 leaves ; 29, one leaf ; July 6, one leaf; 13, 2 leaves; 20, one leaf; 27, 2 leaves; August 3, one leaf; 10, 2 leaves, 17, one leaf; 24, 2 leaves ; 31, one leaf; Sept. 7, 2 leaves ; 14, one leaf; 21, 2 leaves; 28, one leaf; Oct. 5, 2 leaves; 12, one leaf; 19, 2 leaves; 26, one leaf ; Nov. 2, 2 leaves ; 9, one leaf; 16, 2 leaves ; 23, one leaf ; 30, 2 leaves ; Dec. 7, 14 and 21, each one leaf ; 28, 2 leaves; Nos. 785-819 1720-Jan. 4, 11, 18, 25, Feb. I (together with Postscript, one leaf), 8, 15 (together with Postscript, one leaf), 22, 29 (together with Postscript, one leaf), March 7, 21 (together with Postscript, one leaf), 28, April 4, 11, 18, 21, 25, each one leaf; Nos. 820-838 (lacking No. 830, March 14). 1765-Oct. 31, No. 3239 (2 leaves) ; 1770-June 14, No. 3479 (2 leaves, together with Supplement, one leaf). 1774-March 3, May 12, June 2, July 7, Nos. 3674, 3684, 3687, 3692, each 2 leaves-L. L.
1710-II, Feb. 12, to Oct. 17, 1715, Nos. 357-585, 587-600, I vol .; 1765-75-B. A.
1715-Nov. 28, No. 607; Dec. 19, No. 609; 1716- April 30, No. 628 ; May 7, No. 629; May 21 to Aug. 27, Nos. 631-645 ; Sept. 10-24, Nos. 647-649; Oct. 8-29, Nos. 651-654; 1716, Nov. 12, to Jan. 20, 1718, Nos. 656-718; 1718-Feb. 5 to March 10,
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Nos. 720-725 ; 1718-March 24 to June 1, 1719, Nos. 727-789; 1761, June 25, No. 2973 ; 1769- Aug. 24, No. 3438; Aug. 31, No. 3439; Sept. 14, No. 3441. ("All these numbers, except Nos. 702, 738, 762, 763, 783, 789, 2973, are bound in one volume, which has a few marginal notes and a manu- script leaf of index at the end. A proclamation by Gov. Shute, Nov. 25, 1718, and a copy of the Fly- ing Post,1 No. 422, are bound up in the volume. The papers are all clean, uncut, and in excellent preservation.")-C. H. S.
1722 (few) ; 1724 (['No.); 1725 (imperfect) ; 1726; 1733 (! No.); 1736 (I No.); 1739 (few) ; 1740- 47 (few of each) ; 1750, 1752-53, 1755, 1756-57, 1763-55, 1768-69, 1770-72, 1774-75-B. P. L. 1750. 4 Nos .; 1756-59, 16 Nos .; Feb. 1770-Dec. 1771-WIS.
Jan. 21, 1762, to March 24, 1763; Jan. 26, 1764, to May 28, 1766 (incomplete) ; June 4, 1766, to May 19, 1768; May 26, 1768, to Sept. 23, 1773 (incom- plete) ; Dec. 19, 1765, to March 8, 1770 (incom- plete )-L. C.
1762, May 27-Dec. 30-N. Y. S. I ..
:764-66-H. S. P.
1764, Jan. 5 ; 1765, Aug. 8, 15, 29, Sept. 5; Oct. 10, 17, to Nov. 14, Dec. 6, 19; 1766, Jan. 2-16, 30- Feb. 27, March 13, 20; April 3, May 15, 22, July IO, Sept. 4-Y. U. 1765-67-N. E. H. G. S.
The following is a collation of the files of this paper, in the library of the A. A. S., showing the numbers missing from the several volumes as bound. These are in all cases between the numbers and dates given :
1 Doubtless of London, published by George Ridpath, a Scotchman,
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First Volume (The Boston News-Letter)-Between No. 36, Dec. 25, 1704, and No. 71, Aug. 20, 1705; 75 to 81, Sept. 24, 1705, to Oct. 29, 1705 ; 85 to 88, Dec. 10-17, 1705 ; 89 to 141, Dec. 31, 1705, to Dec. 23, 1706; 143 to 168, Jan. 13, 1706-7 to June 30, 1707; 193 to 207, Dec. 29, 1707, to March 29, 1708. Missing between the first volume and the second, 38 numbers, between June 28, 1708, and March 14, 1708-9.
Second Volume (The Boston News-Letter)-Between No. 258, March 28, 1709, and No. 382, Aug. 6, 17II; 382-388, Aug. 13 to Sept. 17, 1711; 392- 400, Oct. 22 to Dec. 10, 1711 ; 404-416, Jan. 14, 1711-12, to March 31, 1712; 441-456, Sept. 29 to Dec. 22, 1712; 465-467, March 16-23, 1712-13; 494-516, Oct. 5, 1713, to March 1, 1713-14; 516- 519, March 8-22, 1713-14; 520-559, April 5, 1714, to Dec. 27, 1714. The last number in this volume is 571; the third volume begins with 579.
Third Volume (The Boston News-Letter)-Between No. 571, March 28, 1715, and No. 579, May 16, 1715; 583-585, June 20 to June 27, 1715; 597- 607, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28, 1715; 607-611, Dec. 5 to Dec. 26, 1715; 613-621, Jan. 16, 1715-16, to March 5, 1715-16; 628-635, April 30, 1716, to June II, 1716; 636-640, June 25 to July 16, 1716; 642-644 Aug. 6 to Aug. 13, 1716; 644-650, Aug. 20 to Sept. 24, 1716; 655-657, Nov. 5 to Nov. 12, 1716; 688-692. June 24 to July 15, 1717; 692- 721, July 22, 1717, to Feb. 3, 1718; 722-726, Feb. 17 to March 10, 1718; 726-764, March 17 to Dec. I, 1718; 764 to 769, Dec. 8, to Jan. 5, 1719; 773- 784, Feb. 9 to April 20, 1719; 790-794. June 8 to June 29, 1719; 806-808, Sept. 28 to Oct. 5, 1719;
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808-810, Oct. 12 to Oct. 19, 1719; 810-816, Oct. 26 to Nov. 30, 1719.
Fourth Volume (The Boston News-Letter)-First number, 821. Between No. 822, Jan. 18, 1720, and No. 824, Jan. 25, 1720; 825-834, Feb. 8 to April 4, 1720; 836-864, April 18 to Sept. 26, 1720; 876- 890, Dec. 26 to March 27, 1721 ; 907-909, June 29 to July 3, 1721 ; 927-931, Nov. 6 to Nov. 27, 1721 ; 932-936, Dec. II, 1721, to Jan. 1, 1722 ; 937-942, Jan. 15 to Feb. 12, 1722 ; 942-957, Feb. 19 to May 28, 1722 ; 957-992, June 4, 1722, to Jan. 28, 1723 ; 993-996, Feb. 7 to Feb. 14, 1723; 999-1001, March 21 to March 28, 1723; 1003-1005, April 18 to April 25, 1723; 1010-1012, June 6 to June 13, 1723; 1012-1014, June 20 to June 27, 1723; 1026- 1033, Sept. 26 to Nov. 7, 1723; 1038-1046, Dec. 19, 1723, to Feb. 6, 1724; 1046-1051, Feb. 13 to March 12, 1724; 1051-1074, March 19 to Aug. 20, 1724; 1074-1118, Aug. 27, 1724, to June 24, 1725; 1119-1126, July 8 to Aug. 19, 1725; 113C-1132, Sept. 23 to Sept. 30, 1725; 1137-1139, Nov. II to Nov. 18, 1725; 1141-1143, Dec. 9 to Dec. 16, 1725; 1144-1147, Dec. 30, 1725, to Jan. 13, 1726; 1147-1154, Jan 20 to March 3, 1726; 1154-1156, March 10 to March 17, 1726; 1156-1159, March 25 to April 7, 1726; 1164-1166, May 19 to May 26, 1726; 1180-1182, Sept. 8 to Sept. 15, 1726; 1192-1195, Dec. I to Dec. 15, 1726. Last number of the fourth volume-1195.
Fifth Volume (The Boston News-Letter)-First num- ber is I. Between No. 2, Jan. 12, 1727, and No. 5, Jan. 26, 1727; 5-7, Feb. 2, 1727, to Feb. 9, 1727 ; 8-II. Feb. 23 to March 9, 1727; 11-30, March 16 to July 20, 1727; 30-37, July 27 to Sept. 7, 1727;
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37-53, Sept. 14, 1727, to Dec. 28, 1727; 53-55, Jan. 4 to Jan. II, 1728; 138-140, Aug. 21 to Aug. 28, 1729; 149-151, Nov. 6 to Nov. 14, 1729. Last No. of the fifth volume-151.
Sixth Volume (The Boston News-Letter)-First No., 158. Between No. 158, Jan. 8, 1730, and No. 160, Jan. 15, 1730; 160-169, Jan. 22 to March 19, 1730; 169-171, March 26 to April 3, 1730;1 1404- 1407, Dec. 24, 1730, to Jan. 7, 1731 ; 1415-1417, March J.I to March 18, 1731; 1446-1448, Oct. 14 to Oct. 21, 1731; 1462-1464, Feb. 3 to Feb. 10, 1732; 1485-1487, July 13 to July 20, 1732 ; 1495- 1497, Sept. 21, 1732, to Sept. 28, 1732; 1499- 1501, Oct. 19 to Oct. 27, 1732 ; 1502-1505, Nov. 9 to Nov. 23, 1732; 1512-1536, March 30 to July 5, 1733; 1549-1551, Oct. 4 to Oct. 18, 1733; 1551-1562, Oct. 18, 1733, to Jan. 10, 1734; 1563- 1582, Jan. 10 to May 30, 1734. Last No. of the sixth volume-1636, June 26, 1735.
Seventh Volume (Boston News-Letter)-First No., 1667. Between No. 1668, Feb. 5, 1736, and No. 1671, Feb. 19, 1736; 1674-1676, March 25 to April 2, 1736; 1681-1683, May 13 to May 20, 1736; 1684-1687, June 3 to June 17, 1736; 1688- 1695, July I to Aug. 19, 1736; 1697-1699, Sept. 9 to Sept. 16, 1736; 1763-1772, Jan. 12, 1738, to March 2, 1738; 1776-1780, April 6 to April 27, 1738; 1780-1784, May 4 to May 25, 1738; 1785- 1792, June 8 to July 20, 1738 ; 1793-1801, Aug. 8 to Sept. 21, 1738; 1802-1806, Oct. 5 to Oct. 26, 1738; 1806-1809, Nov. 2 to Nov. 24, 1738; 1809-
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