Manuscripts

The Iliad of Homer: a translation of Book XII, lines 108-241; William Cowper letter to Dear Jack

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1759-approximately 1785.
Call number: mssHM 12584-12585
Creator: Cowper, William (1731-1800)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1954.
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