- Edinburgh Courant
The Edinburgh Courant was a broadsheet newspaper from the 18th Century. It was published out of
Edinburgh ,Midlothian ,Scotland . Its first issue was dated Feb 14-19, 1705 and was sold for apenny . It was one of the country's first regional papers, second only to theNorwich Post (1701). The paper was produced twice weekly for five years, then continued as the Scots Courant until April 1720. Later that same year, the Edinburgh Evening Courant began publication, and it survived until the "Evening News " came into existence in 1873.Editors
Daniel Defoe , author ofRobinson Crusoe was its editor in the early 18th century.James Hannay , Naval History writer, was its editor from 1860-1864.Archives
Images of the newspaper have been digitilized and can be viewed through [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=Newspaper&dbid=7200&o_iid=23560&o_lid=23560&o_it=23560 Ancestry.com] , with a subscription.
External links
* [http://www.bl.uk/collections/brit18th.html Concise History of British Newspapers]
* [http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/subject.cfm/key/suicide The Word of the Street]
* [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=Newspaper&dbid=7200&o_iid=23560&o_lid=23560&o_it=23560 Ancestry.com]
* [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=479&id=1840132005 The Scotsman]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wghannay/knock.html The Hannays of Knock and Garrarie]
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