British periodical published from 1799 to 1818
The Naval Chronicle was a British periodical published monthly between January, 1799 and December, 1818 (Huntington). It contained information about the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom , including biographies, histories, news, and essays on nautical subjects, as well as poems and ballads on a variety of related topics (Jeffery).
The founders were James Stanier Clarke and John McArthur ,[ 1] and the editorial staff included Stephen Jones and his brother John Jones (father of John Winter Jones ).[ 2] Contributors included Francis Gibson ,[ 3] and Charles Vinicombe Penrose under initials as pseudonyms.[ 4] Nicholas Pocock provided a long series of illustrations.[ 5]
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^ Freemasons' Magazine (1871). "The Freemasons' Quarterly (Magazine and) Review [afterw.] The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine. [Continued as] The Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror" . The Freemasons' Magazine and Masonic Mirror . Bro. Henry George Warren, 2, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. p. 249 . Retrieved 4 September 2013 .
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