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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.
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- Book
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calas, Jean, 1698-1762.
- Calas, Jean.
- Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.
- Atterbury, Francis.
- Harley, Robert, Earl of Oxford, 1661-1724.
- Harley, Robert.
- Harcourt, Simon Harcourt, Viscount, 1661?-1727.
- Harcourt, Simon Harcourt.
- Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Secret history of the White-Staff.
- Defoe, Daniel.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1702-1714--Pamphlets.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Pamphlets.
- Physical Description:
- 72 pages ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, [1714]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Sometimes attributed to William Pittis and to Francis Atterbury.
- Mitre = Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester.
- Purse = Simon Harcourt, Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor.
- White Staff = Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford.
- 'The secret history of the white staff' is by Daniel Defoe.
- Price from imprint: price 1 shilling.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T36501.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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