The Examiner.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John,Viscount,1678-1751.
Atterbury, Francis,1662-1732.
Prior, Matthew,1664-1721.
Freind, John,1675-1728.
Oxford, Robert Harley,Earl of,1661-1724.
King, William,1663-1712,ed.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745,ed.
Manley,Mrs.(Mary de la Rivière),1663-1724.
Oldisworth, William,1680-1734,ed.
London [England] : Printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall,
1710.
Title from caption.
Imprint from colophon; imprints include year of publication.
Imprint names vary; J. Roberts took over printing in Nov. 1714; later names include E. Griffis, Edm. Powell, and G. Parker.
Printed in two columns.
An "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 until June 1711 was Jonathan Swift. Cf. McLeod.
Successive editors after Swift were Delarivier Manley and William Oldisworth, who took over the paper at the end of 1711.
Some early issues reprinted soon after first printing to meet demand. Cf. McLeod.
An 'anti' Examiner was started by Addison to compete with this paper; titled 'The Whig examiner' after the first issue, it came to an end with no. 5 (12 Oct. 1710).
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714,
NCBEL,
Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers,
Bodleian newspapers,
Times handlist,
Crane & Kaye,
ESTC
Numb. 4 constitutes first issue with this title.
Volume numbering begins with v. II. num. 1, 6 Dec. 1711; the last volume in the first series is v. VI. A new series begins with [Vol. 1] Numb.1, 3 Nov. 1714; volume numbers are added with vol. 2.
Gap in publishing after 23/26 July 1714; first issue of the new series appeared Nov. 3, 1714.
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Examiner. Or, Remarks upon papers and occurrences