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Letter II : To My Dear Dolly Free-Love single work   poetry   "My letter received, which I toiled to produce"
Note: No author attribution appears in the Australian, however the penultimate line of the poem reads: And faithfully sign myself - Vainspun your servant.
Issue Details: First known date: 1825... 1825 Letter II : To My Dear Dolly Free-Love
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'Like "Jack Vainspun's" previous letter, a plea for all colonists to be treated as equals.' (Webby)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian no. 18 10 February 1825 Z1835709 1825 newspaper issue 1825 pg. 3
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Related Works

To My Dear Dolly Free-Love i "Fatigued by the toil of this sun-burning day,", 'Jack Vainspun' , 1824 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 December no. 12 1824; (p. 3) 'Satire on the anti-emancipists who oppose trial by jury, etc. Possibly by L. H. Halloran since it was reprinted in his newspaper the Gleaner, 9 June 1827, p.4.' (Webby)

(AustLit note: Although the themes are similar, this is not the same poem as the one by 'Jack Vainspun' published in the Gleaner, 9 June 1827.)
To My Dear Dolly Freelove : Letter III i "When, from all we esteem of the good and the fair,", 'Jack Vainspun' , 1825 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Australian , 5 May no. 30 1825; (p. 2) 'On the "Amorah" [sic] affair.' (Webby)
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Last amended 25 Jan 2012 14:52:07
Subjects:
  • New South Wales,
  • 1820s
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