The ''Mercurius Caledonius - Comprising The Affairs now in Agitation in Scotland With A Survey of Forraign Intelligence'' was arguably Scotland's first newspaper. It was founded in

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in 1660 by the playwright Thomas Sydserf, the son of the

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. It contained domestic news such as reports of parliamentary debates, reports from abroad and reprints of news from London newspapers. Twelve editions were published between 1660 and 1661, the first having the date "From Monday Decemb. 31 to Tuesday, Jan. 8th, 1661". According to Francis Groome, ''Mercurius Caledonius'' was preceded by ''The Scots Intelligencer'' (1643, AKA ''The Kingdom's Intelligencer'') and ''Mercurius Publicus'' (1652).

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