| Portion of title |
Compendium of politics, literature, and amusement |
| Caption title |
Newcastle weekly magazine, &c |
| Running title |
Newcastle weekly magazine [date] |
| Frequency | Semiannual (cumulation) |
| General note | Main title repeated as caption and running title. |
| General note | From title page: "Containing original essays, and extracts from the best political publications: likewise a historical register, of foreign and domestic intelligence; with a variety of poetical pieces." |
| General note | Imprint lacks date; year of publication from dates of issues. |
| General note | Internal title pages and caption titles lacking for all issues after no. 1. |
| General note | First issue includes fold-out table of distances in North America. |
| General note | With continuous pagination and signatures, except for the 'History Register', which has its own pagination, dating, and numbering for no. 1-10 (Wednesday, July 31-Wednesday, Octber 2, 1776). |
| General note | Poetry section, normally one leaf, in issue no. 10 expanded to 45 pp. |
| General note | Includes essays on moral and literary topics, with selections from biographies of famous people. The historical register includes American political and war news, with table of colonial troops, Newcastle current events, and excerpts from the London gazette; births, marriages, and deaths. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1351 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P6053. |
| Special numbering | Volume title page lacks designation; volume number from caption of first issue. |
| Special numbering | Weekly issues lack numerical designation; dated from running title. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | Cumulates the weekly issues of: The Newcastle weekly magazine. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
| Other title | Historical register (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : 1776) |
