The first page of the Aberdeen Intelligencer newspaper, no. 96, covering 30th July 1754 to 6th August 1754. This newspaper was published by Francis Douglas and William Murray.
The issue shown here, held by Aberdeen City Libraries, is the only known surviving one of this rare newspaper. It was published from 3rd October 1752 to 22nd February 1757.
This copy was donated to Aberdeen Public Library in 1927 by Henry Simpson, a teacher at Robert Gordon's College. Digital images of all four pages of the issue can be viewed on the Silver City Vault.
Additional background information about the newspaper and its publisher, Francis Douglas, can also be found elsewhere on the Silver City Vault.
