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[?Mill (Selina, née Morshead, married Sir Charles Mill, daughter of Sir John Morshead, related to both the Thistlethwayte & Cocks families)] Reveries,
printed work with manuscript notes, 16pp., including a note by the author: "Written in 1780 [printed title] On the first Election of Robert Thistlethwayte Esq. who, at the age of 25, was unanimously elected M.P. for Hants, from respect to the independent memory of his Uncle, The Author's Father", other notes identifying members of the Cocks family (including Thomas Somers Cocks, of Charing Cross, bankers), starts on sig. B ?complete, drophead title, slightly browned, loose (stitching gone), unbound, [not in COPAC], 8vo, n.p., n.d. [c. 1800, most written in 18th century] Fitzwilliam (William, whig politician, married Lady Charlotte Ponsonby, daughter of second earl of Bessborough and granddaughter of William Cavendish, third duke of Devonshire, 1748-1833) An Invocation On the New and first born Child of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, manuscript poem, 1?pp., tears along folds, browned, n.d.; and 11 others, mostly manuscript poetry, v.s., v.d.(13)

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Books, Manuscripts, Paintings, Drawings
5:00 AM PT - Oct 16th, 2008

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Bloomsbury Auctions

Bloomsbury House
Mayfair, London, W1 S1PP
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