Monody on Major Andre [manuscript], after 1781 / by Miss Seward.

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Monody on Major Andre [manuscript], after 1781 / by Miss Seward.

Possibly autograph copy with footnotes in a different hand. Refers to Portia and Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (leaf 5v). Written on the blank leaves of a ship log from Cadiz towards Boston, July 3, 1781 (see leaf 10v).

10 leaves ; 30 x 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7482736

Folger Shakespeare Library

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