Whitehall Evening Post
The Whitehall Evening Post was a London newspaper, founded in September 1718 by Daniel Defoe.
The newspaper was initially published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Defoe left it in June 1720, but it continued to exist until the end of the century.[1] It closed in 1801, with issue 8487[2][3] and was merged with the English Chronicle.[4]
Its editors included Thomas Leach,[5] and finally Stephen Jones.[6]
References
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- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Upcott, William (1816). "A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland ... - John Watkins, Frederic Shoberl, William Upcott - Google Books". Retrieved 18 October 2012.
