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An information to Sir Tho. Clarges, a justice of peace for Middlesex

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Imprint: [London?, 1731?]

First line: That four Ladies (which the Deponent did not care to

View the Huntington Online Catalog record.

Printed. Sometimes attributed to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield. Handwritten annotation below title, "Said to be written by the E. of Chesterfield."

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Date

1731

Call number

143251

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).

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An information to Sir Tho. Clarges, a justice of peace for Middlesex

Rare Books

143251

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[Sheridan, Thomas ?]. Punch to the Ladies his Petition

Manuscripts

Poem in 107 lines. Endorsed: "Punch's Petition to the Ladies." Attributed to Sheridan by Sir Walter Scott.

HM 14370.

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The banish'd beauty: or, a fair face in disgrace, a poem. To the D------ss of Q-------

Rare Books

Imprint: [Dublin] : Printed by Rich. Dickson, [1729] First line: Let Jarring Realms and Europ's doubtful State, View the Huntington Online Catalog record. Printed. Sometimes attributed to John Gay. Handwritten annotation below title, "on the Dutchess of Queensberry."

143244

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Punch's petition to the ladies

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Imprint: [Dublin, 1724] First line: Fair ones! To you who Hearts Command, View the Huntington Online Catalog record. Printed. Signed: Punch cum sociis; sometimes attributed, erroneously, to Swift and to Sheridan. Handwritten annotation below title, "written upon Secretary Hopkins refusing to let Stretch act without a large Sum of money."

143201

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Women of the Year Awards Presentation

Manuscripts

Two copies of a speech Otis Chandler gave at the Women of the Year awards in April, 1974. Also in this folder is a note from Freddie Miller informing him that she did everything possible to avoid using the word "ladies" in the speech.

mssLAT

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Sir John Cope order to All Magistrates, Justices of the Peace, Constables…

Manuscripts

The collection primarily contains letters and documents relating to Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun; his son, John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun; other Campbell family members; and various political and military associates. John Campbells military activities during the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite uprising in Scotland and the Seven Years War in North America in 1756 and 1757 are especially documented. Materials in the collection include correspondence, memorials, and petitions; muster rolls, returns, orders, and other military records; appointments; estate records including accounts, bills, receipts, and inventories; and land and government documents.

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An information to Sir Tho. Clarges, a justice of peace for Middlesex

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