Topic: Newspapers
On 19 January 1699 Governor General Dahlbergh ordered the Postal Director in Riga Gerdt Gröen to "subscribe" for various European newspapers which were needed by his office (LVVA, fond 7349, op. 1, vol. 51). The papers were specified in a separate attachment (not present). Among the Schirren papers in Riksarkivet (vol. 4) there are a number of items pertaining to this issue, most notably an undated list which appears to be the one Dahlbergh's letter refers to:
"Zur nöthigen Correspondence beym Königl. General Gouvernement werden folgenden Gazzetten erfordet"
aus Hamburg
1. Relations Courier bey Thom. Wiering
2. Europäische Fama bey Heuss
3. Europäische Relation
4. Relation ex Parnasso
5. Nordischer Mercurius
aus Altona
6. Relations Courier
7. Altonaischer Mercurius
8. Relations Courier
aus Holland
9. die Haerlemsche Courant
10. der Hagischer Mercurius
A possibly more accurate list of the German publications was forwarded to Dahlbergh the following day. It had been put together in Hamburg by Polycarp Marci (1654-1724):
In Hamburg
Montag und Donnerstag
Relations-Courier bei Thomas Wiering
Europäische Fama bei Heuss
Dienstag und Freitag
Relations-Courier bei Thomas Wiering
Europäische Relation bei Heuss
Relation ex Parnasso bei Spiring
Nordische Mercurius bei Greflinger
In Altona
Montag und Donnerstag
Relations-Courier
Dienstag und Freitag
Altonaischer Mercurius
Relations-Courier
