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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 713
Title
MS satire on the Yorkshire elections; 1708
Date
1708
Extent
3 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Tetx consists of ? lines (note, final lines on small slip of paper).
Satire on the Yorkshire elections of 1708.
Bodleian Library copy attributed to Mr Plaxton.
Title Of Work
An Epistle from Jemmy Singleton to his friend Tom: Pulleine about the Election Races
First Line of Poem
Frett not dear Tom that you have lost the Race
Last Line of Poem
above he domineers and rules below
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded along its shortest side forming two long folios, plus a single 16vo leaf
Each of the two folios measure 419 x 194 mm and the 16vo measures 120 x 121 mm
Condition
Fragile
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam, 97 x 104 mm
Countermark: Letters RW, 15 x 40 mm
Watermark
Arms of Amsterdam
Related Material
Crum, Index, F 606
<a href="http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/">Bodleian Library, Oxford</a>, MS Eng. poet. c 18, f 194v
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
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Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72770
Plaxton; - (fl 1708); Mr
fl 1708
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