The ''Daily Post'' (1719–1771) was a London daily paper begun on October 4, 1719 by printer in the Old Bailey, near

Ludgate Ludgate was the westernmost gate in London Wall. Of Roman origin, it was rebuilt several times and finally demolished in 1760. The name survives in Ludgate Hill, an eastward continuation of Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus and Ludgate Square. Etym ...

, with contributions from Daniel Defoe.Stevens, David Harrison
Party Politics and English Journalism, 1702-1742
p. 113 (1916) It was later printed by John Meres (a relation of Hugh Meres); Meres also became printer of the ''

London Evening Post The ''London Evening Post'' was a pro- Jacobite Tory English language daily newspaper published in London, then the capital city of the Kingdom of Great Britain, from 1727 until 1797.Cranfield, G.A. (1963). "The ''London Evening Post'', 1727–17 ...

'' by 1737.Dictionary of National Biography: Masquerier-Millyng, Vol. 33
p. 274 (1894) The ''Post'' consisted of articles that spoke of current events, important dates, inventions, advances in modern sciences, and other things of that nature. It lasted until 1771.Deacon, Edward
The Descent of the Family of Deacon of Elstowe and London
pp. 337-45 (1898)

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