Record

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
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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