Correspondence and verse
Dep. c. 638
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Correspondence and verse
Shelfmark
Dep. c. 638
Summary
Comprises:
(fols. 1-33) letters to Warton, 1758-89, including (fols. 25-33) comments on his History of English Poetry and his edition of Milton
(fols. 33-44) letters of Warton, (fols. 34-5) to Jackson's Oxford Journal, 1766, (fols. 37-8) to Isaac Reed, 1786, and (fol. 42) to Thomas Gray, 1770
(fols. 45-9) agreements with publishers, 1752-81
(fols. 50-121) verse, arranged alphabetically by first line, with (fols. 79-121) fragments
Date
c. 1741-1789, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
121 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Thomas Warton
Miscellaneous papers
Correspondence and verse
