| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series | Seventeenth 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 note | Images 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 note | Images 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 note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | 'Francis Walsingham' = William Arnall. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon. |
| General note | Below imprint in brackets: Price two pence. |
| General note | Special 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 note | Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | Format varies, most issues printed on one leaf only. |
| General note | Description based on: Numb.I (Thursday, December 4, 1729); title from caption. |
| General note | Latest 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 numbering | No. 129-130 both incorrectly numbered "131"; no. 262 repeated in numbering. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | According 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/form | Newspapers. |