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The ''Political Register'' was a weekly newspaper founded by William Cobbett in 1802. It ceased publication in 1836, the year after Cobbett's death.〔JOHN CANNON. "Political Register." The Oxford Companion to British History. Oxford University Press. 2002.at Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2009 ().〕 Historical copies of ''Cobbett's Weekly Political Register'', dating back to 1802, are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive. 〔(Digitised copies of the ''Cobbett's Weekly Political Register'' )〕 Originally propounding Tory views, and costing a shilling, Cobbett changed his editorial line to embrace radicalism, such as advocating widening the suffrage. It had a large circulation for that time of 6,000 copies.〔 The government was alarmed by its radicalism and tried to prevent mass circulation by adding stamp duty on all newspapers putting them out of reach of all but the wealthiest. From November 1816 Cobbett also published the ''Register'' in a cheap 2d. pamphlet, which kept political comment but evaded stamp duty by excising news.〔Altick, Richard D., ''The English Common Reader'', 2nd ed., 1998, p. 325〕 The price of the paper gave it the nickname "Tuppenny Trash",〔Stewart, R. ''Party & Politics 1830-1852.''〕 nevertheless it soon gained a circulation of 40,000. Cobbett began publishing ''Parliamentary Debates'' as a supplement to his ''Political Register'' in 1802. At the time it was illegal to report the proceeding of Parliament, only its ultimate decisions. He eventually extended his reportage back in time with the ''Parliamentary History''. Cobbett's reports were printed by Thomas Curson Hansard from 1809. In 1812, with his business suffering, Cobbett sold the ''Debates'' section to Hansard. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Political Register」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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