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. It was a thrice-a-week

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, introduced in 1756, and contained world and national news, and coverage of artistic, literary, and theatrical events in the capital. A typical issue was eight pages,

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size. Many of the stories were copied from government reports published in the official ''

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''. Copying from other newspapers was rife, and many reports were in the form of letters from so-called gentlemen. Originally titled ''The London Chronicle: or, Universal Evening Post'' it first ran from 1757 to June 1765. It was continued by ''The London Chronicle'' which appeared in 113 volumes from 2 July 1765 to 23 April 1823. It was then absorbed by the ''Commercial chronicle'' and continued in its original title (''London chronicle: or, Universal evening post''). In 1823 it was absorbed into the ''London Packet''. This newspaper was one of the first to break the news that the United States had declared independence from the British Empire, reporting on the event in its 13 August, 1776 edition. It was also one of the first to publish the declaration in its entirety, in the 15–17 August 1776 edition, but containing no explanation or comment as to what it was.Publishing the Declaration of Independence
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Archives

Vol. 1. January 1-June 30, 1757

Vol. 2. June 30-December 31, 1757

Vol. 4. June 30 - December 31, 1758

Vol. 5. January 1-June 30, 1759

Vol. 6. July 1 - December 31, 1759.

Vol. 8. July 1 - December 31, 1760

Vol. 9. January 1-June 30, 1761

Vol 10. July 1 - December 31, 1761

Vol. 11. January 1-June 30, 1762

Vol. 12. June 30-December 31, 1762

Vol. 13. January 1-June 30, 1763

Vol. 14. July 1-December 31, 1763

Vol. 33. December 31, 1772-June 29, 1773

Vol. 71. January 2-December 29, 1792

Vol. 82. June 29 - December 30, 1797

Vol. 85. December 29, 1798-June 29, 1799

Vol. 87. December 31, 1799 - June 28, 1800

Vol. 105. January 1-June 30, 1809

Vol. 106. July 1 - December 31, 1809

Vol. 107. January 1 - June 30, 1810

Vol. 108. July 1-December 31, 1810

Vol. 109. January 1-June 30, 1811

Vol. 110. July 1 - December 31, 1811

Vol. 111. January 1 - June 30, 1812

Vol. 112. July 1-December 31, 1812

Vol. 113. January 1-June 30, 1813

Vol. 114 June 30, 1813-January 1, 1814
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