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Document Reference	Pw V 255
Title	Autograph MS poem, entitled 'To the Lady H H on her Birthday, Feb: 11: 1719/20', by Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford; 11 Feb. 1719/20
Date	11 February 1720
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of five 6-line verses. Addressed to Oxford's wife Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles Harley on her 26th birthday.
Title Of Work	To the Lady H H on her Birthday, Feb: 11: 1719/20
First Line of Poem	The Solemn Day returned, with Gladsome cheer
Last Line of Poem	Since to Thee First & Last, O Candish will I play
Language	English
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos Physical match: Pw V 806 (paper, script) & Pw V 1185 (paper, script) & Pw2 V 186 (paper, script) Physical match: Pw V 254 (hand) & Pw V 249 (hand) & Pw V 856 (hand)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Anne, Queen of Great Britain within crowned garter, approx. 85 x 62 mm Notice gilt graphed edges
Watermark	Arms of Anne
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 254
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Pw V 255 is a fair copy of Pw V 254

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1048	Harley; Henrietta Cavendish (1694-1755); Countess of Oxford and Mortimer; née Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles wife of the 2nd Earl of Oxford	1694-1755
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741

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