| Other author/creator | Philips, Ambrose, 1674-1749, editor, author. |
| Other author/creator | Boulter, Hugh, 1672-1742, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | West, Richard, -1726, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715 contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Stephens, Henry, 1673-1739, contributor. |
| Uniform title | Free-thinker (London, England : 1718) |
| Variant title |
Freethinker |
| Variant title |
Free thinker |
| Frequency | Semiweekly |
| Series |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Local note | Library has: no. 49 (Sept. 8, 1718), no. 116 (May 1, 1719)-no. 117 (May 4, 1719), no. 182 (Dec. 18, 1719), no. 337 (June 12, 1721). |
| General note | Editor: Ambrose Philips.--cf. Brit. mus. cat. |
| General note | Dr. Gilbert Burnet, Hugh Boulter, Richard West, Henry Stephens and others also contributed to the journal.--cf. Bond, R.P. Studies in the early English periodical, p. 104-134. |
| General note | Imprints vary: later booksellers' names include: T. Griffiths, J. Roberts, W. Chetwood, A. Dodd, and J. Peele. |
| General note | Price appears at foot of first column of text. |
| General note | Essays on philosophy, morals, politics, health, classical literature. |
| General note | Newspaper. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from Bodleian Libraries. |
| Special numbering | Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating. |
| Special numbering | Some issues have "miscellany" numbering. |
| Source of description | Description based on: Numb. CCCV (Monday, February 20. 1720); title from caption. |
| Source of description | Latest issue consulted: Numb. CCCXIX (Monday, April 10. 1721). |
