Byronical themes, [18--].

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Byronical themes, [18--].

Manuscript consisting of doggerel poems on the scandal surrounding Lord Byron's personal life, including satirical comments on Harriet Beecher Stowe and Horace Greeley. The manuscript's full title is: Byronical themes, by Peter Peppercorn, as printed in the Phila. Sunday Mercury. The manuscript's frontispiece is a printed portrait of the author.

1 v. ([50] p.) ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908448

Cornell University Library

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Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872

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Peppercorn, Peter

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