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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799[Letter from Jonathan Swift, Pilkington having sent him her verses on paper - printed in a London newspaper, attributed to another, and a poem for his birthday] 'I send y...friends of SwiftLaetitia PilkingtonSent with a Quill to Dr SwiftManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Having written an ode in the manner of Horace, she showed it to her husband who had also written one and] 'who, contrary to my Expectation (for I imagin'd he would be pl...Matthew Pilkington Laetitia PilkingtonOde, AnManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italic...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her lengthy poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'This met with a very favourable Reception, and Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] shewed it to all the Noblemen at [italic...gentlemen at White's ClubLaetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'to the Hon. Colonel Duncombe', which she sent to Lord Augustus Fitz Roy] 'Lord Augustus did not fail to shew the Lines to all the Noblemen at [it...gentlemen at White's ClubLaetitia PilkingtonTo The Hon. Colonel DuncombeManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'to the Hon. Colonel Duncombe', which she sent to Lord Augustus Fitz Roy] 'Lord Augustus did not fail to shew the Lines to all the Noblemen at [it...Augustus, Lord Fitzroy Laetitia PilkingtonTo The Hon. Colonel DuncombeManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'A short while after he went down Stairs, he sent his Compliments up, and begg'd I would lend him a Book to amuse himself till Bed-time, so being willing to cultivate the...George Turnbull Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.] 'I shewed these lines to Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], who liked them so well, that he undertook to de...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.] 'I shewed these lines to Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics], who liked them so well, that he undertook to de...Henry Pelham Laetitia PilkingtonTo the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Esq.Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP reproduces her poem 'To Colley Cibber, Esq.] 'Mr [italics] Cibber [end italics] received these Lines with his usual Partiality to me, and my Performances'.Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Colley Cibber, EsqManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[LP recounts her first meeting with Colley Cibber] '"Sit down", said he, "be less ceremonious to be better bred; come, shew me your Writings". I obeyed; and, upon his rea...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonSorrowManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Every Poem, as I occasionally introduced them, he [Colley Cibber] made me give him a Copy of, and communicated them to the Earl of [italics] Chesterfield [end italics], ...Colley Cibber Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'Every Poem, as I occasionally introduced them, he [Colley Cibber] made me give him a Copy of, and communicated them to the Earl of [italics] Chesterfield [end italics], ...Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'I ingenuously told him [Mr Parkinson], I had no other Fortune than my Pen, and, at his request, shewed him some of my Writings' [Parkinson introduced her to a patron, Si...Mr Parkinson Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[Mr Rooke tells LP] 'as I had, in the Shop, read your [italics] Apology for the Minister [end italics], I was greatly surprized to hear it was the Product of a Lady's Pen...George Rooke Laetitia PilkingtonApology for the Minister, AnPrint: Pamphlet
1700-1799'Mr E-e, seeing my Table covered with written Papers, told me, my Room resembled that of a Lawyer, and asked me Leave to read my Contemplations; to which I agreeing, he h...Mr E-e Laetitia Pilkington[Poems]Manuscript: Unknown
1700-1799'[Sir Hans Sloane] considered my Letter over, and finding, by the contents, Doctor [italics] Mead [end italics] recommended me to him, said "Poor Creature! I suppose you ...Hans Sloane Laetitia Pilkington[Letter]Manuscript: Letter
1700-1799[bailiffs burst into her room to take her to the Marshalsea; one of them] 'who had employed himself in looking over my Papers, cried, "Ay the [italics] Irish [end italics...Laetitia PilkingtonRoman Father, TheManuscript: Unknown
1700-1799[On New Year's Day, 1743, LP published verses in the 'Gazette' in honour of Colley Cibber] 'My dear old Friend was pleased with my Sense of his Goodness to me; only he to...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Colley Cibber, esq.Print: Newspaper
1700-1799[LP gives the text of a poem 'To Mr Cibber'] 'I sent these Lines to my dear Gentleman, who presently came to me, as I was once more in his Neighbourhood, - and in his che...Colley Cibber Laetitia PilkingtonTo Mr CibberManuscript: Unknown


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