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The history of the Mitre and Purse : in which the first and second parts of The secret history of the White Staff are fully considered, and the hypocrisy and villanies of the Staff himself are laid open and detected.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DA496 1714 .A8 1714
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Secret history of the White Staff.
- Defoe, Daniel.
- Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.
- Atterbury, Francis.
- Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Viscount, 1661?-1727.
- Harcourt, Simon Harcourt.
- Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 1661-1724.
- Harley, Robert.
- Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714--Pamphlets.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Pamphlets.
- Physical Description:
- 72 pages ; 24 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Morphew ..., 1714.
- Notes:
- An attack on Defoe's The secret history of the White Staff. The Mitre, Purse, and Staff are, respectively, Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester; Simon Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor; and Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford. Cf. Morgan Q48 and Q180.
- Published anonymously. Attributed to Atterbury by Morgan (Q48). "Also attributed to W. Pittis."--Morgan.
- OCLC:
- 13611139
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