Mercurius Caledonius

The Mercurius Caledonius - Comprising The Affairs now in Agitation in Scotland With A Survey of Forraign Intelligence was Scotland's first newspaper. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1660 by the playwright Thomas Sydserf, the son of the Bishop of Galloway. It contained domestic news such as reports of parliamentary debates, as well as reports from abroad and reprints of news from London newspapers.

Only 12 editions were published between 1660 and 1661, the first having the date 'From Monday Decemb. 21 to Tuesday, Jan. 8th, 1661'.

The paper subsequently changed its name to Mercurius Publicus which itself was succeeded by The Kingdom's Intelligencer.

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