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BC MS Lt 112

c.1725-1775

Comprises a copy of 'An epistolary letter from T----- H----- to Sr H--- Sloan- who saved his life...', published according to Foxon's 'English verse, 1701-1750', E437, in 1729.

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BC MS Lt 19

1716?

Satirical Whig attack on the Tory conduct of political affairs from ca.1710, and then on their part in inciting rebellion against George I, particularly the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 (described).

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BC MS Lt q 54

1704

Comprises a satirical poem on the Committee of Seven Lords, which was established in 1703 to investigate the so-called Scottish Conspiracy. It was published in 1704.

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BC MS Lt q 55

c.1703-1710

Comprises five satirical poems on early eighteenth-century affairs of state, supporting the high-church cause; three of them are on the Sacheverell affair.

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BC MS Lt q 61

c.1710

Comprises an English satirical/moralising poem written on both sides of one leaf, together with two other leaves written in a second hand listing the contents of the collection of which this particula...

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BC MS Lt q 63

c.1730

Comprises the following two poems: (1) To Mr B--man S--son [i.e. Bowman Samson] poet in Sandwich; (2) A reply to Mr Burchett's farewell to Sandwich.

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BC MS Lt q 66

c.1720

Comprises an English verse satire on politicians of the day, including Walpole. It corresponds to Crum W799, but with some variations.

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BC MS Lt 72

c.1725-1741

Miscellany containing 18 poems by various authors, chiefly of eighteenth-century origin.

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BC MS Lt 81

c.1704

Comprises 12 English satirical poems and 2 prose pieces concerning Queen Anne, the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, and other public figures.