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Swift, Jonathan, 1667 - 1745 (Dean of St Patrick's Dublin Satirist)

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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Autograph letter from Jonathan Swift, 1713-12-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LEF/2/37
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Autograph letter from Swift to John Worral for the Vicars-Choral of St. Patrick's [Cathedral, Dublin]. Printed in William's 'Correspondence of Swift'.

Dates: 1713-12-31
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Autograph letter from Jonathan Swift, 1731-05-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LEF/2/38
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Autograph letter from Swift to Philip Chamberlaine, maternal grandfather of R.B. Sheridan. Printed in William's 'Correspondence of Swift'.

Dates: 1731-05-20
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Autograph letter from Jonathan Swift, 1735-03-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LEF/2/39
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Autograph letter from Swift to Thomas Sheridan, paternal grandfather of R.B.S. Unsigned.

Dates: 1735-03-02
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'Catalogue of books. Aug. 19. 1715', 1715-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LEF/1/10
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Includes some later additions. Autograph MS on paper. Quarto: 16 leaves.

Dates: 1715-08
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'Catalogue of books. Aug. 19. 1715', 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LEF/1/10/A
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As printed with introduction by T.P. Le Fanu, 'Catalogue of Dean Swift's Library' in 'Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy', vol. 27 (C 13), July 1927, pp. 263-275.

Dates: 1927
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'On the Bill for the Clergy's residing on their Livings', 1731-12-28 - 1731-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/LEF/1/11
Scope and Contents Autograph MS on paper. Quarto: 4 leaves. The beginning of a letter dated 'Dec. 28th 1731' in Swift's hand is on the verso of the last leaf. This article is a preliminary draft for Swift's pamphlet 'Considerations upon two Bills relating to the Clergy of Ireland', February 1732. This draft was first printed in 1789, and was edited from this MS by Herbert Davis 'Prose Works of Jonathan Swift', vol. 12: 'Irish Tracts 1728-1733' (Oxford, Blackwell 1955), pp. 179-86. The fragment of a letter is...
Dates: 1731-12-28 - 1731-12