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Document ReferencePw V 654
TitleMS poem entitled 'An Epistle, from Ld Townshend to Sir Robert Walpole containing a word of advice, and sent as a New-year's Gift from his L dsp's seat in Norfolk to St. James's Jan 1st 1730/31'
Date1731
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionText consists of ? lines.
Title Of WorkAn Epistle, from Ld Townshend to Sir Robert Walpole containing a word of advice, and sent as a New-year's Gift from his L dsp's seat in Norfolk to St. James's Jan 1st 1730/31
First Line of PoemTho Robin, thou ungrateful art
Last Line of PoemThe grandeur's Theirs, the Guild is only thine
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionOne folio folded once to form two quartos
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesCountermark: Royal Cipher, crowned letters GR, 30 x 24 mm

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA11784Townshend; Charles (1675-1738); 2nd Viscount Townshend; Secretary of State 1721-301675-1738
NA10334Walpole; Robert (1676-1745); 1st Earl of Orford; 1st Earl of 2nd creation; cr. 1742; statesman1676-1745
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