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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/FWP/1/5/14
Former ReferenceD3311/19/32
TitleLetter from John Taylor to William Porden, returning lines of poetry, with draft of reply by Porden to Taylor
Date12 Jan 1816
DescriptionTaylor 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".
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LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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SenderJohn Taylor
Sender LocationSun Office, 112 Strand
RecipientWilliam Porden
Recipient LocationBerners Street, Oxford Street
Archive CreatorWilliam Porden (1754-1822)
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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