Kentish Gazette..
Folded broadsheet. Title decorated with vignettes of royal arms and Kent and Canterbury arms, etc. Red newspaper stamp at top. Newspapers and other periodicals are always offered subject to the usual wear and tear associated with ephemeral items. Major condition issues will be described but minor tears, creases and folds are not mentioned unless it affects legibility.
£15.00
Publisher
Kentish Gazette, Charles Petman Rouse, George Kirkby and James Lawrence.,
Place
Canterbury
Date
1819
Synopsis
No. 5304 friday, april 16, 1819.
Item Description
BROADSHEET NEWSPAPER. 14.75 x 19.75 inches. [4] pp.
Notes
Original issue of this newspaper containing a fascinating variety of notices and advertisements on the front page; the inside and back pages are a mixture of national and Kentish news, and a Corn Exchange section which supplies corn and other commodity prices. In St Helena Bonaparte was reported to be in a serious state of health. The latest report of the Commissioners for the Herring Fishery is discussed. Two thieves were chased over the roof tops after breaking into a property at Lincoln's Inn. A gang who entered a house in Kennington Oval helped themselves to a substantial meal before escaping with their loot. In Kent the annual Easter Plate was run for on Barham Downs.
[Stock No. 22794]
Subjects
19th Century • Crime • Kent • Newspapers • Periodicals