Collection of poems and songs, most of them apparently by Frederick Forrest or Theodosius Forrest, together with a play, a list of books from a library, and cuttings of published poems 1751-1800
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Forrest, Theodosius, 1728-1784
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Theodosius Forrest, a lawyer, was an amateur artist, songwriter and poet, and a friend of Hogarth and Garrick. He wrote the well-known "The Roast Beef of Old England". There is a short account of his life in the Dictionary of National Biography, but see especially David Eley, "Poems, Songs and Translations by Theodosius Forrest", University of Leeds M.A. dissertation, 1985. From the guide to the Poems, songs and translations etc., by T. F., 1770-1779, (GB 206 Leeds University Library...
Forrest, Frederick
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The compiler of the manuscript is unknown. Frederick Forrest was the brother of Theodosius Forrest, the lawyer, amateur artist, and songwriter who wrote "The Roast Beef of Old England" (see David Eley, "Poems, Songs and Translations by Theodosius Forrest", University of Leeds M.A. dissertation, 1985). From the guide to the Collection of poems and songs, most of them apparently by Frederick Forrest or Theodosius Forrest, together with a play, a list of books from a library, and cuttin...
