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

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  [Sheridan, Thomas ?]. English Blunders

  Manuscripts

  Includes an item from 1761. Attributed to Thomas Sheridan as a response to Jonathan Swift's "Irish Eloquences in Sir Walter Scott. Works of Jonathan Swift (1824), vol. VII, p. 154. George Mayhew identifies it as being in the hand of Deane Swift, ca. 1761 (Mayhew, Rage or Raillery, page 180).

  HM 14371.

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  Punch's petition to the ladies

  Rare Books

  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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  Sheridan, Thomas. The five Ladies Answer to the Beau With the Wig and Wings at his head

  Manuscripts

  Poem in 7 stanzas of 4 lines each. Followed by Swift in 4 stanzas of 4 lines each, "The Beau's reply to the five Ladyes Answer" (A.Ms. 1 p.). Endorsed twice by Swift: "Sher[id]an. 5 Ladyes answer to the Beau" and "Sheridans answer to the Beau, and the Beau's reply."

  HM 14335.

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  Sheridan, Thomas. To [Jonathan Swift]

  Manuscripts

  Letter written in verse in 13 lines, with a P.S. in 3 lines. Followed by a reply in 34 lines of verse by Swift to Sheridan, dated December 15th (A.Ms. 1 p.) Endorsed thrice by Swift: "Verses Sher[ida]n"; "Some times Sher[ida]n & I"; and "Sherid[a]n & I."

  HM 14336.

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  Sheridan, Thomas. To the Dean of St. Patrick's [poem]

  Manuscripts

  Poem in 68 lines. Endorsed: "A new Year's Gift for the Dean of St. Patrick's given him at Quilcah, 1723/4."

  HM 14369.

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  Illinois Legislature, House of Representatives petition to Abraham Lincoln

  Manuscripts

  Document signed. Petition recommending E.N. Powell as a Justice of the United States for the Territory of Nebraska, contains 58 signatures. Date is that of filing; endorsed by Lincoln "File A.L. Feb. 11. 1865." (2 pages)

  HM 1743