Reverend sir, the publick having been encouraged to expect a new edition of The parochial history of the county of Cornwall, by Mr. William Hals, of merther, in that county, deceased, and there appearing to be in his manuscripts of it many things with may be well omitted, as they do not immediately fall under that subject, and also some things wanting which may be added with advantage to a work of this kind, I take leave to request the favour of your communicating to me whatever you think may be acceptable to the publick on this subject.

Author/creator Walker, Robert
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Publication Info[Exeter?] : [publisher not identified], [1775]
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General noteThe letter signed and dated: Robert Walker. Lawhitton, near Launceston, May 1, 1775.
General noteA postscript to this is "P.S. Please to direct the answers to the queries to the Rev. Mr. Robert Walker, at Lawhitton, near Launceston; at Mr. Manning's, bookseller, in Launceston; or at Mr. Thorn's, bookseller, in Exeter".
General noteA list of queries.
General noteWilliam Hals's projected history of Cornwall was never completed for only some numbers of its second part were published around 1750; Robert Walker's initiative came to nothing.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References English Short Title Catalog, T218071.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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