Debate Over Newspaper Certification Sparks Press Civil Liberty Fight
In a April debate the Attorney General argues for requiring printers publishers and owners to reveal identities to curb treason and libel while defending freedom of the press. Lawmakers discuss a bill to stamp newspapers only to identified proprietors and to hold publishers responsible for content amid concerns about suppression of political communication.
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the Courier
France
Sheridan
Hobheuse
Tierney
Johnson
Pitt
Wakefield
Llandaff
Lord Yemple
Wyndham
Lord Temple
Lord W. Rufeil
Pulteney
Protestant Dissenters Magazine January issue advertised
An 18th century advertisement lists the January issue of a Protestant Dissenters Magazine. It notes publication in London at Lombard Street and Bucklersbury with multiple editors and sellers. The prospectus promises devotional content, biographical memoirs, sermons, sacred criticism, and obituaries, noting Evangelical principles and contributions from several dissenting ministers.
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Fide
Nathanigt Scarlett
Exetér
Chagge
Strand
Strands
Fe and
C. Rivington
St."Paul’s Church Yard
Wales
Gospel
Theolo
Ological Review
Romaine
Thomas
Wills
London
W. Griffiths
Trapps
Paternofer Row
Great Marlborough Street
Christ Jesus
Principality of Wales
Joan
Eee
Lonnfon
Lombard-Street
T. Conder
Buckiersbury
W. Burton
Patere aofter-Rowe
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Lord Sheffield
Robert Walpole
William Pulteney
Hufey