Seeking Early Newspapers

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I’m looking for an archive - PDF, transcribed text, whatever, I don’t mind - of early newspapers, preferably British, but anything in English will do. I’m thinking pre-1800, but anything up to 1850 will be useful. I found archives of the Penny Illustrated Paper, but it started publication in 1861, which is a little later than I’d like. Anyone able to point me at anything older?