Jacobite manuscript

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 6
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca.1714-1715
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 2 ff.

Scope and Content

Satirical Jacobite verse attack on George I, titled "Nero the 2nd", ca.1715, in a bifolium also containing two Jacobite prose manifestos of "James III", the first dated 29 August 1714, the second dated 3 January 1714. Endorsed, f.2v, "To the Reverend Mr Pimlow at Rougham, Norffolk".

Administrative / Biographical History

The compiler of the manuscript is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Peter Murray Hill, February 1960

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

The poem is indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html