Two English satirical poems relating to Sandwich in Kent, by Josiah Burchett and Bowman Samson ca. 1730

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Two English satirical poems relating to Sandwich in Kent, by Josiah Burchett and Bowman Samson ca. 1730

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2 ff., separate folio manuscripts.

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GB 206 Leeds University Library

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Samson Bowman

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Burchett, Josiah, 1666?-1746

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The compiler of the manuscript is unknown. Josiah Burchett (1666?-1746) was M.P. for Sandwich 1703-1713 and 1721-1741, secretary of the Admiralty, and the author of a naval history published in 1720; see the Dictionary of National Biography. Bowman Samson may have been a local amateur poet. From the guide to the Two English satirical poems relating to Sandwich in Kent, by Josiah Burchett and Bowman Samson, ca. 1730, (Leeds University Library) ...