TY - ABST T1 - "A Manuscript" Y1 - 1784 A1 - Lady Mary Hamilton (1739-1816) KW - Female author KW - Scottish author AB -

Satire in which the protagonist travels by balloon to a planet inhabited by giants. There she meets the planet’s Royal Academy and its Chief Minister, who is modelled on William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806), Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-06). Most of the text is a commentary on the politics of the planet as a way of commenting on contemporary British politics. 

PB - James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library CY - New Haven, CT U5 -

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