Edinburgh Advertiser
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The Edinburgh Advertiser,[3][4][5] sometimes referred to as The Advertiser, was a twice-weekly newspaper published in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Tuesday and Friday mornings[citation needed] for almost a century, from 1764 to 1859.[6]
Type | Twice weekly newspaper |
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Format | Quarto; Small folio; 4 pp. folio of the modern newspaper size |
Publisher | Alexander Donaldson & John Reid; James Donaldson; Claud Muirhead |
Editor | Andrew Crichton; Robert Chambers; Robert W. Paterson |
Founded | 3 January 1764 |
Political alignment | Tory[1] |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 29 March 1859 |
Headquarters | Edinburgh, Scotland |
"...the Edinburgh Advertiser is the only politico-ecclesiastico journal in the (British) empire which is against the (Church of Scotland's) General Assembly in toto".
London and Edinburgh Magazine, 1841.[2]
At the time of its inception, it was the only newspaper published on these days of the week in Edinburgh. It ran from 3 January 1764 until 29 March 1859[4] when it merged with the Edinburgh Evening Courant. Through the years, its offices were located at Castlehill; No. 91 Rose Street; No. 13 South Hanover Street;[7] 210 High Street; 15 India Street; and 7 Heriot Row.[8]