Correspondence and papers of Thomas Warton the younger, 1738-1788
File
Dep. c. 547
Held at the Weston Library
Includes:
- (fols. 1-18) letters from him to his sister Jane, 1738, 1748, 1768-85
- (fol. 19) letter written by him as if from a private soldier, 1780
- (fol. 20) letter to his brother Joseph, [1783]
- (fols. 21-34) letters to his niece Charlotte, 1787-8, n.d.
- fols. 35-6) poems by him on the death of George II, [1760] and on Mrs. Morgan when she was a little girl, n.d.
- (fol. 37) note of money received by him as poet laureate, 1787
- (fol. 39) copy of Alexander Pope's outline for a history of English poets, annotated by William Mason, n.d., and
- (fols. 40-7) extract, n.d., from the registry of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, concerning a dispute over the will of John Milton
Dates
- Creation: 1738-1788
Extent
47 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
Dep. c. 547
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk