Author: [William Hayley]
Title: Epistle to a Friend on the Death of John Thornton
Description: London, J. Dodsley, 1780. Disbound. The second edition of this sentimental poem remembering the life of William Hayley's good friend, John Thornton, written on the death of the latter. The second edition of this work. Half-title present. Collated, complete, with the final blank leaf. Disbound. ESTC citation number T74901. A touching poem written by William Hayley on the death of his friend, John Thornton. Hayley and Thornton met at Trinity Hall, Cambridge in roughly 1762, and remained friends until Thornton's death on the 5th January 1780. Besides that, little is known of Thornton, as he did not appear to be in the public eye. Hayley was an English author, and is best known for his biography of his good friend William Cowper. Disbound. Externally, the outer leaves are lightly age-toned with a few light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with the odd spot. Small puncture marks to the gutter of the half-title and title page. Small ink mark to the head of the title page. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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