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Former references: M17/?, DDMA3/1
TitleBundle of copied poems, verses and humorous quotations, possibly collected by Millicent Sparrow
DescriptionIncluding verses by Arthur Lord Cranley ("On seeing a play at Lord Abercorn's"); Mr. Smith ("Ode to Folly"); Charles Fox ("Lines written by the Hon. Charles Fox on his birthday... to his wife"); Dr. Johnson (on portraits and Sir Joshua Reynolds); William Spencer ("Howdy'do and Goodbye"); Miss Catherine Fanshaw ("T'was in heaven pronounced...").

The remaining verses are unattributed but include a satirical guide to "Fashionable Vocabulary" and verses titled "The Lady and the Occulist..." and "Nash-ional Architecture".
DateEarly 19th century
CreatorNameThe Montagu family of Kimbolton Castle: estate and family papers
RepositoryHuntingdonshire Archives

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P/0084Montagu (nee Sparrow); Millicent (1798-1848); Duchess of Manchester (1843-1848); of Kimbolton Castle1798-1848
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