[Corpora-List] A new corpus of 18c English

From: David Denison (Mfcepdd@fs1.art.man.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 17:55:56 MET DST

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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.
    +44 (0)161-275 3154 (phone) +44 (0)161-275 3256 (fax)
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