William Hayley: letters to William Long

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Scope and Content

89 letters, including some undated and/or incomplete. Also including: 'Proposals for publishing a Life of the late William Hodges Esq.' 25 May 1797; two versions of the poem 'Peace to these Reliques! Once the bright attire ...', Mar. 1800 (epitaph on George Steevens, d. 1800, another version printed in J. Nichols (ed.), Literary Anecdotes, London, 1812, 2, p. 657); 'Private Squib: The adventures of an unfortunate Muse', undated and unpublished. Item 90: letter from Henry Richards Luard to William Robertson Smith, 12 July 1887 relating to the donation of the material.

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Acquisition Information

From the collection of Joseph Mayer of Liverpool. Presented by Henry Richards Luard, 12 July 1887.

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