Newspaper

Collection object


2000.0616
H. 28.9 W. 17.1
Newspaper, The London Gazette, No. 2704, Thursday October 8 to Monday October 12, 1691. Printed by Edward Jones at the Savoy, London. One sheet printed two sides in two columns. Back page, first column, report from the Camp before Limerick in Thomond Isle, 28 Sept: Description and details of attack on Thomond Bridge, parley and truce, hostage exchange, General sent 12 articles which he would allow and aimed cannon at city, which made Irish more amenable. Dublin 4 Oct: Lords Justices at Limerick, substance of articles agreed. Other reports from Madrid, Rome, Venice, Reuel, Milan, Vienna, Hidelberg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Liege, Paris, Brussels, Hague, Whitehall. Half of last column advertisements. Printer across bottom R/. Formerly bound. Sticky tape along back right edge, bottom corner cut off with scissors and for a short distance up beside printed column. No watermark.


Edward Jones (printer)