The South African Commercial Advertiser 1824-1856

South Africa's first independent newspaper, started publication on the 7th January 1824 but was not published between 5 May 1824 and 31 Aug.1825, or between 10 March 1827 and 3 Oct 1828, periods when the paper was suppressed by order of the governor at the Cape.

Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser, transcribed by Sue Mackay from copies at the National Archives, Kew, London, held in the archives of the Colonial Office under the following references: CO53/1 (1824-1829), CO53/2 (1830-1832), CO53/3 (1833-1835), CO53/4 (1836-1838), CO53/5 (1839-1840), CO53/6 (1841-43), CO53/7 (1844-1846), CO53/8 (1847-1849), CO53/9 (1850-51), CO53/10 (1852-1853), CO53/11 (1854-1855), CO53/12 (1856).

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1 South African Commercial Advertiser 1824 (partial) Sue Mackay 888
2 South African Commercial Advertiser 1825 (partial) Sue Mackay 598
3 South African Commercial Advertiser 1826 - 1 - March to September Sue Mackay 1146
4 South African Commercial Advertiser 1826 - 2 - October to December Sue Mackay 1063
5 South African Commercial Advertiser 1827 - January to March Sue Mackay 749
6 South African Commercial Advertiser 1828 - October to December Sue Mackay 616
7 South African Commercial Advertiser 1829 - 1 - January to March Sue Mackay 619
8 South African Commercial Advertiser 1829 - 2 - April to June Sue Mackay 689
9 South African Commercial Advertiser 1829 - 3 - July to September Sue Mackay 547
10 South African Commercial Advertiser 1829 - 4 - October to December Sue Mackay 753