Free Briton.

Other author Arnall, William, 1699 or 1700-1736, editor.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[London] : Printed for J. Peele at Locke's Head in Paternoster-Row; where advertisements are taken in, 1731-1733.
Description295 volumes ; 1/2° and 2°.
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
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FrequencyWeekly
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
Abstract Political essays in support of Walpole, and hostile to the point of view expressed by the Craftsman and Occasional writer among others. The Free Briton extraordinary, no. 172, 12 Mar. 1732, appeared in answer to commentary in the Craftsman (24 Feb. 1732) on the recent parliamentary by-election in Chester.
Local noteImages from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Local noteImages from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.
General noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General note'Francis Walsingham' = William Arnall.
General noteImprint from colophon.
General noteBelow imprint in brackets: Price two pence.
General noteSpecial issues reprinted as pamphlets, including: The Free Briton extraordinary, reprinted in London and Dublin; and numb. 50, which was expanded into a 36p. pamphlet and published separately in 1730.
General noteSome issues dated according to Lady Day dating.
General noteFormat varies, most issues printed on one leaf only.
General noteDescription based on: Numb.I (Thursday, December 4, 1729); title from caption.
General noteLatest issue consulted: Numb. CCXCIV (Thursday, June 26. 1735).
References NCBEL, II:1278
References Times handlist, p. 40
References Notes & queries, 1935:Sept.7, p. 166-168
References Goldsmith's Lib. cat., 37429
Special numberingNo. 129-130 both incorrectly numbered "131"; no. 262 repeated in numbering.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteAccording to ODNB the Free Briton was one of three main pro-government papers (the others being the London Journal and the Daily Courant) which were combined to form the Daily Gazetteer in 1735 - Cf. ODNB (Richardson, Samuel); the London Journal, however, appears to continue after 1735.
Succeeding title Daily gazetteer (London, England : London ed.)
Genre/formNewspapers.

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