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Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 4 no. 172 26 May 1838 of The Cornwall Chronicle est. 1835 The Cornwall Chronical
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* Contents derived from the 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To the Printers of Great Britain, single work advertisement

Advertisement encouraging the emigration of letter press printers (pressmen) and compositors to the Australian colonies. Free passage is advertised by applying to Mr Marshall, Emigration Agent, London with an address given as the Herald Office, Sydney, New South Wales. The advertisement was reprinted in Sydney, New South Wales, newspapers in May 1838, as well as in other colonies. Individual newspapers added a paragraph to the advertisement further encouraging pressmen and or compositors to apply. The version in the Sydney Gazette was first published on 1 May and reprinted on 3, 5, 8 and 10 May. The version in the Australian was first published 1 May 1838.

See also the correspondence signed by James Harrison, Thomas Armstrong, John Paterson, Alexander Barrie, Peter Tyler, John Laurie and John Rawson refuting the claims of the advertisement.

(p. 85)
Longevity of Printers, single work column (p. 85)
Note: Editor's note: French Papers
Ship News : Arrivals, single work column
Imports listed include: 22 May 1838 - Thomas Laurie '3 cases stationery, H, Dowling'. 22 May 1838 - Britannia '1 case books, Dr. Browne'
(p. 86)
Ourselves, single work column (p. 86)
Memorandum, single work column
A rebuke to the 'thirteen gentlemen' who withdrew their names from the Cornwall Chronicle subscription list on 28 April 1838. Since that time there had been 'an increase of one hundred and eight subscribers.'
(p. 86)
Friend v. Goodwin, single work

The editor of the Cornwall Chronicle, William Lushington Goodwin and the Launceston port officer, Matthew Curling Friend were in a long running feud that escalated in 1838.

(p. 86)
The Cornwall Almanack, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the 1838 edition of the Cornwall Almanack.

(p. 88)
Compositors Wanted, single work advertisement
An advertisement for two compositors for the Cornwall Chronicle.
(p. 88)
Wanted a Demy Iron Press, single work advertisement (p. 88)

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