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Senate House Library, University of London

The Post Boy

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS1124

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: The Post Boy

Date(s): 1700 October 29

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 item

Name of creator(s): Beardwell | B | fl 1700 | newspaper publisher

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No biographical information was available at the time this finding aid was compiled.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of the newspaper, The Post Boy. Includes letter to Lady Rokeby of Northallerton, Yorkshire.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 item only

Conditions governing access:

Open for research

Conditions governing reproduction:

May be photocopied subject to an inspection of its physical suitability and completion of a copyright form if required

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Fonds-level description

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from Senate House Library

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

In 1695, Parliament decided not to renew the Licensing Act. As a result, newspapers, such as the twice-weekly London newspaper The Post Boy, began to appear. The Post Boy was issued with two blank pages for a while in 1700, which allowed the purchaser to add a letter when dispatching the paper to friends in the country.

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Richard Temple.