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Letter from W.H.D. Longstaffe …

Letter from W.H.D. Longstaffe, Darlington, to M.A. Denham, mentioning Stockton rhymes, and saying that the son of the supposed authoress of which, is living in Wakefield, Yorkshire, and that the manuscript must remain anonymous; enclosing a small broadside, and commenting that he has received prints from Mr. Wright, and that he would like more copies of The Stockton Affair ; discussing the meaning of ‘ing’ in places such as Heighington and Ellingham, and the phrase ‘I’ll Neville you’; mentioning a poem Scadding of Peas which mentions Darlington, 28 August 1848 – From:Letters to Michael Aislabie Denham, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe

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D/X 1338/9/7

Notes

1 paper

Date

late 17th century,
1884

Era

Victorian (1837 to 1901)

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1884

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Places	Yorkshire, Ellingham, Heighington, Wakefield
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