The Grub-Street Journal and the Changing Culture of Information in the Early 1730s

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• Ibid., 99 (25 November 1731), 3; ed. by Goldgar, vol. ii.
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• Ibid., 102 (16 December 1731), 1; ed. by Goldgar, vol. ii.
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• Ibid., 37 (17 September 1730), 1; ed. by Goldgar, vol. i.
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• GSJ, 4 (29 January 1730), 1; ed. by Goldgar, vol. i.
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• Ibid., 27 (9 July 1730), 1; ed. by Goldgar, vol. i.
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• Ibid.
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• GSJ, 109 (3 February 1731 [recte 1732]), 3; ed. by Goldgar, vol. iii.
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• Ibid., 27 (9 July 1730), 1; ed. by Goldgar, vol. i.
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• Ibid., 110 (3 February 1731 [recte 1732]), 3; ed. by Goldgar, vol. iii.
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• Ibid., 76 (17 June 1731), 3; ed. by Goldgar, vol. ii.
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• Articles on the same theme appear in GSJ, 187 (5 July 1733), 190 (26 August 1733), 194 (13 September 1733); ed. by Goldgar, vol. iv.
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