The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

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 1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name?

the Times was founded in the year 1785 

2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition?

 politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements”


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