The Star

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Creator (organisation)
British Library
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Date published
2020
Abstract

The Star (1788-1831, dataset 1801-1831) was the first daily London evening newspaper. Its circulation was facilitated by the success of the mail-coach service.

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McKernan, Luke
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Ryan, Yann Ciarà¡n
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Heritage Made Digital
Publisher
British Library
Place of publication
London, UK
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No Copyright – Other Known Legal Restrictions
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The file consists of the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) text in XML format for one year of The Star. The full digitised newspaper comprises 1 January 1801-15 October 1831. The digitised page images are available on the British Newspaper Archive website, https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/star-london. The British Newspaper Archive pages images are behind a paywall, but in 2021 the paywall is expected to be lifted for this title and eventually all the newspapers we are digitising under the Heritage Made Digital programme.
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