''The English Chronicle'' was a thrice-weekly

evening newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports an ...

founded in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

in 1779.

History and profile

''The Chronicle'' was founded in 1779 although the founders are not known. In 1781 it was given the supplementary title ''Or, Universal Evening Post''. The paper was acquired by John Weble and John Bell in 1786. In 1802 the paper merged with the ''

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 ...

'' to become ''The English Chronicle, or, Whitehall Evening Post''. The newspaper ceased publication in 1843.

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