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Add. MS b/37/373
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Copy letter from W. Aldis Wright to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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London Road. Dated 23 June, 1912 - Thanks him for 'Letters of William Cowper' but objects to the phrase 'Warren Hastings and his enemy Impey'; also tells the history of one of letters attributed to Cowper that is not his; clarifies where Charles Lamb's 'divine chitchat of Cowper' appears; was annoyed to see Cowper's house had been pulled down in Dereham; mourns [Arthur] Verrall.
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The original letter is housed as ADD.Ms.c.61/33.
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Typescript corrected in R. A. Downie's hand.
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- Wright, William Aldis (1831-1914), literary and biblical scholar (Subject)
- Hastings, Warren (1732-1818), Governor General of Bengal (Subject)
- Impey, Sir Elijah (1732–1809) Knight, judge in India (Subject)
- Cowper, William (1731-1800), poet and letter-writer (Subject)
- Verrall, Arthur Woollgar (1851-1912), classical scholar (Subject)
- Lamb, Charles (1775–1834), essayist (Subject)