Author: John Byrom, Richard Parkinson (ed.)
Title: The private journal and literary remains of John Byrom 4 volumes (I.1, I.2, II.1, II.2)
Description: HB Chetham Society Manchester 1854-1857, X+1-320+321-639; 1-326+654 pages. Plus 40 pages pedigree. Plus pages 641-646 and I-V preliminary index in volume II.1.In vol II.2 three fold-out genealogical tables of the Byram family branches.With bw portrait.Much to peruse for lovers of mystery in the papers left behind by John Byrom: poet of a popular Christmas hymn, freemason, inventor of shorthand, familiar with British Dukes, a covert Jacobite, or (and!) perhaps a covert Hanoverian, and who knows, responsible for King George I’s unexpected death. See the daring, tantalizing and of course very contentious analysis by Mrs. Joy Hancox. (code N-40)

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