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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 274
Title
MS poem, entitled 'Lord Carlisle's Letter to his Son a few days before he dyed', by Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle; n.d.
Date
1738 (c)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of thirteen 6-line verses
Title Of Work
Lord Carlisle's Letter to his Son a few days before he dyed
First Line of Poem
If in these Lawns & Woods thus form'd
Last Line of Poem
When thus we quit the Field
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Physical match: Pw V 1062 (dimensions) & Pw V 1019 (dimensions)
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Seven Provinces Lion within shield, within crowned, double rimmed circle, approx. 113 x 85 mm
Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR within circle, approx. 44 x 44 mm
Watermark
Lion
Related Material
Crum, Index, I 850
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
T. Park (ed.), H Walpole, A Cataologue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland and Ireland... enlarged and continued to the present time by T.P (John Scott; London, 1806) Vol IV, pp 170-3
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PersonName
Dates of existence
NA17894
Howard; Charles (1669-1738); 3rd Earl of Carlisle; of 3rd creat.; First Lord of the Treasury 1701-2 1715; succ. 1692; M.P; styled Viscount Morpeth until 1692
1669-1738
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