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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 265
Title
Autograph MS poem, entitled 'South sea Directors & the Proprietors', by George Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull; 29 Sept. 1720
Date
29 September 1720
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of two quatrains.
Endorsed 'Sept. 29 1720 South Sea - 90 - this night' and addressed to Edward Harley at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.
Remains of a seal; postmark
Kinnoull was married to Harley's sister Abigail.
Title Of Work
South sea Directors & the Proprietors
First Line of Poem
Oft we were by the Statesmen told
Last Line of Poem
We only the long Ears
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of the City of London, approx. 64 x 43 mm
Watermark
Arms of London
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1047
Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724
1689-1741
NA29754
Hay; Abigail (-1750); Countess of Kinnoull; née Harley; m. George Hay 7th Earl of Kinnoull 1709; d. of 1st Earl of Oxford
-1750
NA11307
Hay; George Henry (1689-1758); 8th Earl of Kinnoull; succ. 1719; cr. Baron Hay of Pedwardine 1711
1689-1758
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