Newspaper
Thomas Allen and Co
Category
Ephemera
Date
1817
Materials
Paper and printing ink
Measurements
391 mm (width); 520 mm (height)
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661943
Summary
A copy of the 'Caledonian Mercury' for Thursday July 24th 1817 comprised of a single folded broadsheet. The centre pages cover in detail the trial of Joseph Rae and Robert Reid, chimney sweepers, who were accused of the murder of a climbing boy who got stuck in a chimney.
Makers and roles
Thomas Allen and Co , engraver and publisher