Daily Post (London newspaper) explained

The Daily Post (1719–1771) was a London daily paper begun on October 4, 1719, by printer in the Old Bailey, near Ludgate, with contributions from Daniel Defoe.^[1] It was later printed by John Meres (a relation of Hugh Meres); Meres also became printer of the London Evening Post by 1737.^[2]

The Post consisted of articles that spoke of current events, important dates, inventions, advances in modern sciences, and other things of that nature. It lasted until 1771.^[3]

External links

• Web site: Early English Newspapers. Primary Source Media's Online Guides.
• Web site: Concise History of the British Newspaper in the Eighteenth Century. The British Library. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071115184738/http://www.bl.uk/collections/brit18th.html. 2007-11-15.

Notes and References

1. Stevens, David Harrison. Party Politics and English Journalism, 1702-1742, p. 113 (1916)
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=I2ZIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA274 Dictionary of National Biography: Masquerier-Millyng, Vol. 33
3. Deacon, Edward. The Descent of the Family of Deacon of Elstowe and London, pp. 337-45 (1898)