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147. The Boston news-letter. w., s.w., Apr. 24, 1704-Dec. 29, 1726.

Note: Continued by The Weekly news-letter, starting with the issue of Jan. 5, 1727.

Publisher: Apr. 24, 1704, John Campbell. (Died Mar. 4, 1728.) Jan.7, 1723, Bartholomew Green.

Printer: Apr. 24, 1704, Bartholomew Green. Nov. 10, 1707, John Allen. Oct. 8, 1711, Bartholomew Green.

Periodicity varies: Apr. 24, 1704-Apr. 11, 1720, weekly. Apr. 14-25, 1720, semi-weekly. May 2, 1720, weekly. May 5-9, 1720, semi-weekly. May 16, 1720, weekly. May 19, 1720, semi-weekly. May 23-June 6, 1720, weekly. June 9, 1720, semi-weekly. June 13, 1720-Apr. 10, 1721, weekly. Apr. 13, 1721, semi-weekly. Apr. 17-June 5, 1721, weekly. June 8-July 6, 1721, semi-weekly. July 10-Dec. 29, 1726, weekly.

L.C. file contains:


1704. Apr. 24-Dec. 25. 1 v. photostat. Note: The Library of Congress has photostats of the three known original copies and one fragment of Apr. 24, 1704. These include two editons. The file also contains three dif- ferent reprints of the issue. V. 327

Apr. 24 (no. 1). Various reprint, negative and photostat copies. Box 37, Fol. 4
1705. Jan. 1-Dec. 31. 1 v. photstat. V. 328
1706. Jan. 7-Dec. 30. 1 v. photostat. Missing: Dec. 9, 16, 23. V. 329
1707. Jan. 6-Dec. 29. 1 v. photostat. V. 330
1708. Jan. 5-Dec. 27. 1 v. photostat. Note: Bound with 1709, 1710. Missing: July 5, 12, 19, 26, Aug. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Sept. 6, 13, 20, 27. V. 331
1709. Mar. 21, 28. photostats. Note: Bound with 1708. V. 331
1710. Mar. 13. June 12, 26. Note: Photostats, bound with 1708. V. 331

June 12, 26. Mutilated: June 12, 26. Box 10, Fol. 9
1711. Sept. 3. Box 10, Fol. 10

Feb. 19-Dec. 31. 1 v. photostat. Mutilated: Feb. 26. Note: Between Feb. 19 and Mar. 19, 1711, the year is listed incor- rectly as 1710. V. 332
1712. Jan. 7-Dec. 29. 1 v. photostat. Note: For the year 1712, issues for Jan. 7 through March 17 are listed as 1711. Page 2 of Oct. 13/20 is bound with page 1 of Oct. 20/27. Page 2 of Oct. 20/27 is bound with page 1 of Oct. 13/20. V. 333
1713. Jan. 5-Dec. 28. 1 v. photostat. Note: For the year 1713, issues from Jan. 7 through Mar. 23, listed as 1712. V. 334
1714. Mar. 21. Box 10, Fol. 11

Jan. 4-Dec. 27. 1 v. photostat. Note: The dates Jan. 4 through Mar. 22, 1714, are listed as 1713. V. 335
1715. Jan. 3-Dec. 19. 1 v. photostat. Missing: Oct. 24, Nov. 7, 21, Dec. 12, 26. Note: Jan. 3 through Mar. 24, 1715, are listed as 1714. V. 336
1716. Mar. 26. Dec. 10. Box 10, Fol. 11

Jan. 2-Dec. 31. 1 v. photostat. Note: Jan. 2 through Mar. 19, 1716, listed as 1715. V. 337
1717. Feb. 25 (mutilated). June 17. Box 10, Fol. 12

Jan. 7-Dec. 30. 1 v. photostat. V. 338
1718. Jan. 6-Dec. 29. 1 v. photostast. V. 339
1719. June 1-Dec. 28. 1 v. Mutilated: June 1, 8, Sept. 7, 28. V. 340

Jan. 5-Dec. 28. 1 v. photostat. V. 341
1720. Jan. 4-Dec. 26. 1 v. Postscript: Feb. 1, 15, 29, Mar. 17. Mutilated: Feb. 29 postscript. Missing: Apr. 21, Dec. 5, 12. V. 342

Jan. 4-Dec. 26. 1 v. photostat. Postscript: Feb. 1, 15, 29, Mar. 17, 23.
Bled: Mar. 14, 17 postscript, 21, 23 postcript, 28, Apr. 4, May 16, 19, 23, 30, June 6, 9, Aug. 1.
Missing: Feb. 1.
V. 343
1721. Jan. 2-Dec. 25. 1 v.
Missing: July 24 (p. 5, 6), Nov. 20.
V. 344

Feb. 13-Dec. 18. 1 v. photostat.
Missing: Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 27, Mar. 6, 13, 20, 27, July 24 (p. 5, 6), Dec. 25.
V. 345
1722. Jan. 1-Dec. 24. 1 v.
Missing: Jan. 29, Dec. 31. Note: Volume includes 6 mutil- ated pages of handwritten material containing brief summaries corresponding to news items appearing in var- ious editions of the Boston news-letter.
V. 346

Jan. 8-Dec. 31. 1 v. photostat. Mutilated: Apr. 30. Missing: Jan. 1, 22, 29, Mar. 26, Apr. 2, 9, 23, May 7, June 11, 18, 25, July 23, 30, Aug. 6, 13, 20, 27. V. 347
1723. Jan. 21-Dec. 26. 1 v. Mutilated: Jan. 21, 28, June 27. Missing: Jan. 7, 14, Mar. 7, May 16, 30, June 13, Aug. 29, Oct. 10, 24. V. 348

Jan. 7-Dec. 26. 1 v. photostat. V. 349
1724. Jan. 2-Dec. 17. 1 v. photostat. Mutilated: Oct. 1. Missing: Jan. 23, May 14, 28, June 4, 25, Aug. 13, 27, Nov. 5, Dec. 10, 24, 31. V. 350

Jan. 2-Dec. 31. 1 v. photostat. V. 350A
1725. Jan. 21-Dec. 30. 1 v.
Missing: Jan. 7, 14, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, Mar. 4, 11, 18, 25, May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 8, Aug. 12, 9, Dec. 9.
V. 351

Jan. 7-Dec. 30. 1 v. photostat. V. 352
1726. Jan. 6-Dec. 22. 1 v.
Mutilated: Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, Dec. 15, 22.
Missing: Apr. 7, 14, May 19, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, 24, Dec. 1, 8, 29.
V. 353

Jan. 6-Dec. 29. 1 v. photostat. V. 354

MICROFORMS
1704-1726. Apr. 24-Dec. 29. (microprint)
1704-1726. Apr. 24-Dec. 29. (microflim) #2897
1704-1726. Apr. 24-Dec. 29. (microflim) #1930- Mass ESR Na-reel 1-2

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