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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FWP/1/5/8
Former ReferenceD3311/19/42
TitleLetter from William Porden to John Taylor, not objecting to Taylor's offer to print poem in "The Sun" but offering one from Eleanor Porden instead, and inviting him to one of the Attic readings
Date14 Dec 1815
DescriptionHas not replied to last letter before, which complimenetd his "Pindaris", having been much engaged and much away; no objection to Taylor's offer to print poem in the Sun but it did not suit present state of politics and had already been published in the Courier; Taylor might get Miss Porden to give him somthing else; she has something on St Thomas's day which she could show him on Sunday; enclosed is a summons to one of the Attic readings, "with a disposition to be pleased" and not be a carping critic.
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RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderWilliam Porden
Sender LocationBerners Street
RecipientJohn Taylor
Recipient LocationNo address
Archive CreatorWilliam Porden (1754-1822)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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