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Including Mitford's poetry commonplace books begun in 1796 and 1805, and his unsuccessful Oxford prize poem entry 'Palestine', 1803; verses on the 'Fifth Idyl of Moschus' by Anna Maria Wood; and 'Chateaubriand at Beccles... 1795', extracts from his memoirs.

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Of 'The correspondence of Thomas Gray', London, 1853; sample pages of Henry Reed, ed., 'The poetical works of Thomas Gray', Philadelphia, 1853; and transcripts of letters of Samuel Johnson (17 August 1782) and Sir Joshua Reynolds (15 December 1786 and 8 March 1791)

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From John Mitford (father), 1801 (1); from Robert Mitford (brother), 1804-29, mostly from India (20); Robert Mitford to John Mitford (father), 1806 (1); and from John Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale, 1814-24, on obtaining the livings of Weston and Stratford (4)

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Including James Boswell junior, 1820; John Britton, 1842; William Cotton, 1859 (2); Peter B. Long, 1858; Gaetano Polidori, 1842; E.C. Sandby, undated; J. Scoones, 1803-12 (3); Matilda Travers, 1838; Cecilia Tinkler, 1828; G.D. Whittington, 1808; and Emma C. Wood, c.1842 (7)

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Poetry, letters from family and others, pamphlets and an account of a tour of Norfolk.

Scope and Contents John Mitford (father), [letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company on his suspension from service, refutation of charges made against him, and petition for restoration to a suitable post at Madras], 25 February 1799; 'Histoire de la Sainte Face de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ', Laon, 1815; John Mitford, 'Remarks on the SINEPI [Greek capitals] or mustard-tree of Scripture, occasioned by a paper read at a meeting of the Asiatic Society', 1859; and part of a Sotheby's sale...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Poetry, letters from family and others, pamphlets and an account of a tour of Norfolk.