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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FWP/1/5/16
Former ReferenceD3311/19/46
TitleDraft letter from William Porden to John Taylor, proposing corrections to Taylor's verses, including one regarding his daughter's real name
Date[18] Jan 1816
DescriptionThanks for his solicitude for his daughter's poetic reputation and receipt of new edition of his elegant verses, but points out that his daughter's name is Eleanor not Maria (the name of her heroine); he asks for other corrections to be considered. The date has partially been damaged, and could possibly be read as 10, 16 or 18.
Extent1 sheet
LevelItem
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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