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ˈnews-letter
A letter specially written to communicate the news of the day, common in the later part of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century; also, a printed account of the news (sometimes with a blank space left for private additions). Also, a periodical sent or handed out to subscribers, members of an organization, etc.
1674Essex Papers (Camden) I. 216 The last week's Packett brought over a News Lettre, wch hath bin dispersed through all y⊇ country & read at severall coffee houses in this Citty. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4803/2 The common News Letters from Paris will not yet own the raising of the Siege of Gironne. 1724Swift Drapier's Lett. ii. Wks. 1751 VIII. 288 In your News-Letter of the first Instant there is a Paragraph..relating to Wood's Half-pence. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 390 People who lived at a distance..could be kept regularly informed of what was passing there only by means of newsletters. 1880Geo. Eliot Let. 19 Sept. (1956) VII. 325 Your ‘news-letter’ was very welcome, and I was especially glad to know that Gertrude tries to keep up her health by little devices of change. 1893Jessopp Stud. Recluse vii. 249 The newsletters of the 17th century did the work of the newspapers now. 1914Writer's Mag. Jan. 313/2 Some of the journals take daily news letters. 1936Time 29 June 26/2 He runs a publishing house with offices in Chicago and Philadelphia, keeps his friends informed in periodic news-letters which he calls ‘Rainbow-Graphs’. 1961‘E. Lathen’ Banking on Death (1962) xi. 91 Martin seems to be a persistent reader of stock market newsletters. 1972Physics Bull. Sept. 562/2 The purpose of the new Group will be..to circulate newsletters to Group members and to promote the general advancement and dissemination of knowledge in the field of neutron scattering. |