| Variant title |
Champion |
| Variant title |
Portion of title: British mercury |
| Frequency | Three times a week |
| General note | 'Hercules Vinegar' = Henry Fielding, the editor and originator. |
| General note | With cut of Hercules slaying the Hydra in center of title. |
| General note | Imprint from undated colophon. |
| General note | First year of publication from reference sources; final year of publication from date of issue. |
| General note | Imprints vary; from no. 21, "printed for C. Corbett, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleetstreet". |
| General note | Issue number from head of title. |
| General note | Below date line in brackets: To be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning. |
| General note | Printed in three columns; text begins with factotum initial. |
| General note | Includes editorial essays, news notes from England and Europe, advertisements. Articles signed 'C' or 'L' are reputed to be written by Fielding. |
| General note | Description based on: Numb. 20 (Saturday, December 29, 1739.); title from caption. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1330 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 101 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P3008. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | Reprinted in 2 vols., with its subseqent title, by Huggonson (London, 1741), Chapelle (London, 1743), and Waller (London, 1766). |
| Succeeding title |
Champion; or, The evening advertiser |
| Genre/form | Newspapers 18th century England. |
