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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/FWP/1/5/14
Former Reference	D3311/19/32
Title	Letter from John Taylor to William Porden, returning lines of poetry, with draft of reply by Porden to Taylor
Date	12 Jan 1816
Description	Taylor to Porden; enclosing lines; he has requested that a few slips are taken off, and if he gets them he will send them to Porden; he sahll try to get the lines into other papers; tickets for the Theatrical Fund Dinner have not yet benn issued; he has put down their names, and they will be sent when ready. Porden to Taylor: tbanks for his verses, received with admiration; before they go into other papers he would glad to speak to him; thanks as regards theatrical fund dinner; hours flew swiftly at Phillip's; Tylor "oiled their juniors withe the Essence of well-flavoured wit & good humour".
Extent	1 sheet
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Sender	John Taylor
Sender Location	Sun Office, 112 Strand
Recipient	William Porden
Recipient Location	Berners Street, Oxford Street
Archive Creator	William Porden (1754-1822)
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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