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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 528
Title
MS satire on Abigail Marsham and Robert Harley; 1708
Date
1708 (c)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Poem is a satire on Abigail Marsham and Robert Harley.
Title Of Work
A Ballad by Mr M_____g
First Line of Poem
All things are chang'd in Court and Town
Last Line of Poem
Oh we shall quite undo 'em
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Physical match: Pw V 529 (twins, dimensions, paper, script)
Condition
Fragile, f 2 is torn in half
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of the City of London, approx. 65 x 45 mm
Watermark
Arms of London
Related Material
Crum, Index, A 1034
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 527
Publication Note
A Pill to Purge State Melancholy (London, 1716, 3rd ed.) pp 35-36
Poems on Affairs of State, vol VII (1975), pp 319-21
Click the links below to view related name indexes
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
NA72697
Masham; Abigail (-1734); Mrs; née Hill: supporter of Robert Harley at court
-1734
NA18706
Churchill; Sarah (1660-1744); Duchess of Marlborough; née Jennings; dau of Richard Jennings of Sandridge; m John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 1678
1660-1744
NA72698
Mainwaring; Arthur (1668-1712); Mr
1668-1712
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