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Title: On a halfpenny given to a poor woman by Miss Sotherton [a lady (index)] which
the author purchased for sixpence ... 1729:
Author: Fielding, Henry
Attribution: Capt. [crossed through] Major General [crossed through] Fielding; H.F. [at
Date(s): 1729 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 20
Contents: Witty verses on a halfpenny coin, asserting that he will treasure it above
everything and never part with it because it had belonged to a Miss Sotherton.
Different from the published versions (1740, 1743).