41 ALS to Walter Bagot (1731-1806); 5 ALS from Bagot to Townson; various locations, 1761-1792 and 1755-1781.

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Townson, Thomas, 1715-1792. 41 ALS to Walter Bagot (1731-1806); 5 ALS from Bagot to Townson; various locations, 1761-1792 and 1755-1781.

41 ALS to Walter Bagot (1731-1806); 5 ALS from Bagot to Townson; various locations, 1761-1792 and 1755-1781.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175090

Townson, fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1737-1750, was later Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., from 1749-1759, and Malpas, Cheshire, from 1752; Bagot and his brother, 1st Lord Bagot, had been pupils of Townson at Oxford; Walter Bagot was later Rector of Blithfield; their letters discuss family and friends, poetry, classical literature, and the political news of the day; Townson's letter of 1791 Nov 17 consists of a criticism of a translation of the Iliad made by William Cowper (1731-1800).

46 letters (in 1 gaylord) ; 25 x 24 cm.

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