Note 2 — LETTER FROM VELA TO GONZALEZ
Reading edition
This is probably the Mercure de France, which was founded by Visé, in 1672, under the name of Mercure galant, and is the second oldest paper of France. The name Mercure de France was adopted by Lefevre in 1714. In 1788 a political part was added under the title “Historical and political news.” The publication of the sheet was abandoned in 1799, resumed again for the years 1814–1823, and definitely abandoned in 1825. A number of papers have adopted the name Mercure in imitation of it. See Grand Dictionnaire (Paris), vol. xi. ↑