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Epithet: of Add MS 20791

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000058

Junius was the pseudonymous author of a series of political letters which were published in the Public Advertiser between January 1769 and January 1772. Other political letters, contributed to the public press under other pseudonyms, have also been traced to the same hand. The identity of Junius has never been definitely proved but Sir Philip Francis (1740-1818) is now generally thought to be the author of these letters.

Reference: The Oxford Companion to English Literature, Revised Edition (Oxford, 1995).

From the guide to the The Junius Collection, 1763-1841, (University of Birmingham Information Services, Special Collections Department)