Examiner or Remarks upon Papers and Occurrences.

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PublicationLondon : printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall
Description1 online resource (volumes).
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Subjects

Other author/creatorKing, William, 1663-1712, editor.
Other author/creatorManley, Delarivier, -1724, editor.
Other author/creatorOldisworth, William, 1680-1734, editor.
Other author/creatorHarley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 1661-1724, editor.
Other author/creatorSwift, Jonathan, 1667-1745, editor, contributor.
Uniform titleExaminer (London, England)
FrequencySemiweekly, 22 Dec. 1712-10 Mar. 1716
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteReproduced from source library: no. 5, Thursday, August 24-31, 1710 ; no. 41, Thursday, May 3-10, 1711.
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 noteLibrary has: issue 1 (Aug. 3, 1710)-issue 3 (Aug. 17, 1710).
General noteAfter three issues, the alternative title is dropped.
General noteAn "ultra-tory journal", begun by Henry St.John, Francis Atterbury, Matthew Prior, John Freind and originally edited by William King, the paper was soon controlled by Robert Harley; its editor and major contributor during most of 1711 was Jonathan Swift. Cf. McLeod.
General noteDescription based on: Numb. 1. (Thursday, August 3. 1710.); title from caption.
General noteImprint from colophon.
General noteLatest issue consulted: [new series] Vol. III. Numb. 1 (From Saturday September 10. to Wednesday Septem. 14. 1715.).
General noteMany earlier issues reprinted soon after the printing to meet demand. Cf. McLeod.
General noteNote below title: To be continu'd weekly.
General noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteSome issues dated according to Lady Day dating.
General noteSuccessive editors after Swift were Delarivier Manley and William Oldisworth, who took over the paper at the end of 1711.
References Crane & Kaye, 226
References McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 14-15
References NCBEL, II:1271
References Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers, 69
References Times handlist, p. 36
Special numberingGaps in publishing between 26 July and 6 December 1711 and 26 July and 3 November 1714.
Special numberingVolume numbering begins with vol. II, numb. 1, (6 Dec. 1711), with the last volume in the first series being vol. VI. A new series begins with [Vol. 1] Numb.1, (3 Nov. 1714), with volume numbers being added with vol. 2.
Other edition issuedExaminer (Dublin, Ireland)
Genre/formPeriodicals.

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