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The ''Ipswich Journal'' was a newspaper founded in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

in August 1720. Far from being a local newspaper, the ''Ipswich Journal'' featured national and international news. At a cost of “three half-pence” it attracted a small but affluent readership of about 250 gentlemen. It was published on a weekly basis until 29 June, 1886. The newspaper was founded by

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, who had moved to Ipswich from

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. In 1739 it was taken over by

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, who continued publication until his death in 1761. At this point the newspaper continued under the ownership of his unmarried sister Elizabeth and their nephew, William Jackson. The final edition appeared on 26 July 1902.

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