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The Lamp-Lighter's Poem: Humbly Presented, to all his Worthy Masters and Mistresses
Date
1746
Dimensions1 textual record ; 48.6 x 37.6 cm
Origin
London, Greater London, England, Europe
Object NumberS001/B3.3,6.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentPamphlet aimed at discrediting Britain’s enemies during the period of the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the attempted Jacobite coup d'état organized by Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), known by his contemporaries as “the Young Pretender.” NotesSource of title: based on the title of the document.
Statement of responsibility: L. How.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Statement of responsibility: L. How.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Status
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Collected poems of Elisabeth Posthuma Gwillim
May 1, 1797 - February 14, 1801
S001/C3.8,3.6
A True and Perfect Relation of Elizabeth Freeman of Bishops-Hatfield in the Country of Hertford, of a Strange and Wonderful Apparition Which Appeard to Her several times, and commended Her to declare a Message to His Most Sacred Majesty
January 24, 1680 - January 27, 1680
S001/B2.6,1.4
A True narrative of that grand Jesuite Father Andrews; who lived at Hardwick in Monmouthshire How he Fled into a Large Wood to Escape Justice. How he came to an Untimely End, and the Manner of his Burial. In a Letter to a Friend in London
July 2, 1679
S001/B2.6,1.2
A letter from a Jesuit at Paris, to his correspondent in London; shewing the most effectual way to ruine the Government and Protestant Religion
February 12, 1678
S001/B2.6,1.1
The Matter of Fact A la Mode de France : or the Case stated After the French Manner, In Relation ot the Alliance proposed by the Two Crowns of England and France, With the States of the United Netherlands with Rational Reflections thereon, In a Letter From a Burgher of Amsterdam, to his Friend in the Campagne, Dated January 30. 1630. Englished from the French Copy.
January 30, 1630
S001/B2.1,4.7
The Lords and Commons Reasons and Justifications for the Deprivation and Deposal of James II. From the Imperial Throne of England. Being in full Satisfaction to all the Princes of Europe, and in Answer to all Objections, Domestick and Foraign
[ca 1689]
S001/B2.1,4.10
Display of powder compacts and lighters, photographed for Desbarats Printing, 1929
Wm. Notman & Son Ltd.
1929
VIEW-24674
A Narrative of a Strange and Sudden Apparition of an Arch-Angel at the Old-Bayly, on Monday March the Seventh, 1680. English Stile, Betwixt The Hours of Three and Five in the Afternoon, to the great Astonishment of the Court and all that were present.
March 7, 1680 - March 15, 1680
S001/B2.6,1.6
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