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Burney Collection of Newspapers

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The Burney Collection consists of over 1,270 17th-18th century newspapers and other news materials, gathered by Charles Burney , most notable for the 18th-century London newspapers. The original collection, totalling almost 1 million pages, is held by the British Library .

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1-402: Key objects in the collection include: The collection begins with Parliamentary papers from 1603, and newspapers from the early 1620s. 18th-century London newspapers are the richest part of the collection. The following is an incomplete list of titles covering some of the most popular. * These items are available as part of the online collection. Due to rapid deterioration of the collection,

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