MERCURIUS POLITICUS


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Mercurius Politicus

Comprising the sum of foreign intelligence, with the affairs now on foot in the three nations: England, Scotland & Ireland. For information of the people. Published by order of Parliament
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The Parliament felt that citizens needed to have a way of finding out what was happening and so they ordered the publication of a newspaper. This is the oldest newspaper in the U. S. Library of Congress.

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Mercurius Politicus was a magazine that was published weekly from June 1650 until the English Restoration in May 1660. Under the editorship of Marchamont Nedham, it supported the republican governments. From 1655 until 1659 it had a monopoly on news publication.