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PLYMOUTH GAZETTE Although several Plymouth newspapers over the years have included the name Gazette in their titles, there appear to have been two which were specifically the Plymouth Gazette. One is said to have ceased publication at the end of January 1760 but there are no copies still in existence. The second Plymouth Gazette was published between August 1819 and October 1820. It was published by the Flindell family of Exeter, because, so Whitfeld tells us: 'Plymouth has never yet possessed a newspaper worthy of her high character and congenial with her proper spirit and true interests'. It was published at 31 Market Street and cost 7d a copy. The oldest surviving issue, September 30th 1819, is held by Huntingdon Library, Cambridgeshire. No copies of either Plymouth Gazette are held in Plymouth.
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