Edward Gibbon manuscript material

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origination

{"value"=>"Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Edward Gibbon manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"1760", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1760"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· To \"My Lord\" : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Feb 1760 : (MISC 0242) : in his capacity as Major to one of the battallions South Hampshire militia, requesting the discharge of one Thomas Smith. With a draft of a negative reply from his correspondent on the verso.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

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{"value"=>"<p>Edward Gibbon, English historian and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788).</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1760

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1760

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1760

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1760

date_inclusive_end

1760

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1 item

prefercite

{"value"=>"Edward Gibbon manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Edward Gibbon, English historian and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788). &#xB7; To \"My Lord\" : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Feb 1760 : (MISC 0242) : in his capacity as Major to one of the battallions South Hampshire militia, requesting the discharge of one Thomas Smith. With a draft of a negative reply from his correspondent on the verso.", "generated"=>true}

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