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NEWSPAPERS

PLYMOUTH CHRONICLE AND GENERAL ADVERTISER
FOR THE WEST OF ENGLAND

Not to be confused with the Plymouth Chronicle that apparently ran from May 1780 until May 1782, the Plymouth Chronicle and General Advertiser for the West of England  was published between March 1808 and around 1816.

A block of Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse, with its beam of light illuminating the waters around it, illustrated the title.  The newspaper consisted of four pages, with five columns of 16 inches in length on each page.  It was published and printed by Mr R Smith of New Market Street, Plymouth, and sold for six pence per copy, a half of which was the Government's stamp duty.

Copies of the newspaper could only be purchased at specified agents: Messrs Haydon & Company, Market Place, Plymouth; Mr Philes, in Plymouth Dock; Mr Gray junior in Stonehouse; and Messrs Taylor and Newton in Warwick Square, London.

Plymouth Central Library holds a selection of issues from 1809 to 1815 but unfortunately not a complete set.

A copy of issue number 451, dated November 5th 1816 is held by the National Library of Scotland.

 

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