A new corpus of 18c English

[David Denison]

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We are pleased to announce the release of a new corpus of never-before
transcribed letters written to Richard Orford, a steward at Lyme Hall in
Cheshire, between 1761 and 1790, held in the John Rylands University
Library of Manchester.  These are unselfconscious practical letters,
often by uneducated people, on matters of business, farming, mining,
and social relations.

A Corpus of late 18c Prose contains about 300,000 words, available free
for ftp download as a single text file for electronic searching or as three
linked HTML files for maximum readability.  For details, sample
transcriptions and an access request form, please go to

http://www.art.man.ac.uk/ENGLISH/staff/DD/late18c.htm

Apologies for cross-postings.

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        David Denison
        Dept of English and American Studies
        University of Manchester | Manchester M13 9PL | U.K.
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