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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. An elegy on Dr. John Whalley, who departed the 17th. of this inst. Jan. 1724
- Description
Imprint: [Dublin, 1724]
First line: Well 'tis as learned Coats has guest,
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Printed. Attributed to Jonathan Swift (Teerink). An adaptation of Swift's 'Elegy on Mr. Patrige, the almanack-maker'.
- Date
- 1724
- Call number
- 143214
- Provenance
- Purchased from Frederick R. Halsey by Henry E. Huntington through George D. Smith, December 1915. The volume was put up for sale in 1890 by Robson & Kerslake and includes an 1895 bookplate of Swiftian collector Colonel Francis Richard Charles Grant (1834-1899).
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Associated people
- Barber, Mary, (approximately 1685-1755.)
- Belcher, James. (1687?-1743.)
