Dear sir | Having found with surprize that my late resignation
- DMI number:
- 31324
- First Line:
- Dear sir | Having found with surprize that my late resignation
- Last Line:
- For all your kind friendship and will always believe | That I am &c &c
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Couplet, Satire, and Epistle
- Themes:
- Politics
- Author:
- Philip Francis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'A Letter from a Right Honourable Person to ------ in the City, faithfully done into Verse, &c'. (1761: ESTC T37847): 5-9. ODNB entry: 'It appears fairly certain, however, that [Francis] was the author of Mr Pitt's Letter Versified, in which he attacked Pitt the elder following his resignation from office in 1761.'
- Title:
- The humours of the times [T100962] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.44-46
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pitt's Letter To his Friend in the City, versifed. It was written on Occasion of his resigning the Seals in MDCCLXI.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit [T139942] [2nd ed] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pitt's Letter To His Friend In The City, Versified. It Was Written On Occasion Of His Resigning The Seals In 1761.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit [T139949] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pitt's Letter To His Friend In The City, Versified. It Was Written On Occasion Of His Resigning The Seals In 1761.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The new foundling hospital for wit [T143683] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pitt's Letter To His Friend In The City, Versified. It Was Written On Occasion Of His Resigning The Seals In 1761.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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