Mercurius Caledonius
The Mercurius Caledonius - Comprising The Affairs now in Agitation in Scotland With A Survey of Forraign Intelligence was Scotland's first newspaper. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1660 by the playwright Thomas Sydserf, the son of the Bishop of Galloway.[1] It contained domestic news such as reports of parliamentary debates, as well as reports from abroad and reprints of news from London newspapers. [2]
Only 12 editions were published between 1660 and 1661, the first having the date 'From Monday Decemb. 21 to Tuesday, Jan. 8th, 1661'.[3]
The paper subsequently changed its name to Mercurius Publicus which itself was succeeded by The Kingdom's Intelligencer.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "The previous incarnations of the Caledonian Mercury". Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- ^ "Rare Books Collections - Newspapers". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ a b Groome, Francis H. (1884). "Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland: a survey of Scottish typography, statistical, biographical and historical". Newspapers. Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing. p. 538. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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