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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 448
Title
MS poem, entitled 'To the most Honourable Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Lord high Treasurer of Great Brittain', by Leonard Welstead; 1711
Date
1711
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 102 lines.
A note in the hand of Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, appears on f 2v: 'verses Augu<st>: 1711. 2: if Mr Welsted'.
Title Of Work
To the most Honourable Robert Earl of Oxford and Mortimer Lord high Treasurer of Great Brittain
First Line of Poem
Wedded to honour & possest of fame
Last Line of Poem
With speed contract my Sails & make to Shore
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folio leaves
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Sword within laurel wreath, 55 x 48 mm
Countermark: Letters IV, 12 x 17 mm
Watermark
Sword
Related Material
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA893
Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714
1661-1724
NA74554
Welsted; Leonard (1688-1747); Mr; poet of Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge
1688-1747
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