Poems, [ca. 1725]-1771
"The Candidate" Archive Work ID: poems.cand
Uniform Title: "The Candidate" [e-text]
First Line: When sly Jemmy Twitcher had smugged up his face Language: English First Published: [1774?] or 1777
References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 78-79; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 243-252
Summary: Written between January and March 1764 when Lord Sandwich 's campaign for the post of High Steward at Cambridge was at its height. First(?) printed, ll. 1-32, entitled "The Candidate: By Mr. Gray" in [1774?] by Walpole at his Strawberry Hill Press. Published, ll. 1-32, untitled, in the London Evening Post , February 1777 .
1 Manuscript:
Archive MS ID: mss.0023 (Source: EAD/XML )
Title: [untitled]
Date: [between 1777 and 1780]
Physical Description: 1 page; transcript in the hand of Michael Tyson Language: EnglishLocation: MS Ch.H.1.41, Chamberlain Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts Department, Boston Public Library ,
Boston, MA, USA <http://www.bpl.org/> References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), 80; Zonghi, Roberta, "transcript". E-mail to the editor, 10 July 2006Contents: Transcript of ll. 1-32 in the hand of Michael Tyson , headed "written by Mr. Gray at the time the Earl of Sandwich was candidate for the High Stewardship of the University of Cambridge".
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Collection: Poems, [ca. 1725]-1771Location: Boston Public LibraryWorks: 1
Manuscripts: 1