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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8760/F/FWP/1/5/9 |
| Former Reference | D3311/19/36 |
| Title | Letter from John Taylor to William Porden, accepting invitation and praising "The Veils" by Eleanor Porden |
| Date | 15 Dec 1815 |
| Description | Always happy to receive Porden's letters; unable to resist invitation to his fireside; he will come on Sunday at five; he has turned attention many times on "The Veils", and would like to compose complimentary verses, but it is beyond his talent, being in his opinion "one of the most extraordinary productions of the human mind, even without consideration of sex or youth"; he will attend another Attic evening; respects to wife and daughter. |
| Extent | 1 sheet |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Sender | John Taylor |
| Sender Location | Sun Office, 112 Strand |
| Recipient | William Porden |
| Recipient Location | No address |
| Archive Creator | William Porden (1754-1822) |
| Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth |