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"I have seen, lucky me, what you all want to see…:" song

Description

Title from first line of song. The text of this song is very close to the published version "Alexander in London. By J. Smith, Esq.;" with small differences to the published version including the order of the verses.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1821
Call number
mssOpie
Creator
Opie, Amelia (1769-1853)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased for the Huntington from Dean Cooke Rare Books Ltd by the Library Collectors' Council, March 2021. Amelia Opie bequeathed her manuscripts to her friend Thomas Brightwell. The material later came into the possession of Ethel I. Carr, who was related to Amelia Opie via the Briggs family; Eliza Alderson Briggs and her husband, Henry Perronet Briggs were cousins of Opie. It was through their daughter Eliza, who had married the Rev. J. H. Carr, that the papers came into the Carr family, and thus to Ethel I. Carr. Upon Ethel's death in 1953, the material passed to her nephew who put them up for sale at Sotheby's.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Briggs, Catharina M. (1792-1844.)
Briggs, Elizabeth Alderson. (1796-1889.)
Briggs, Henry Perronet, (1775-1839.)
Carr, Hilda Mary.
Carr, James Haslewood.
Denny, Edward,
Smith, James,
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