Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Mrs. Burgess
Standard Name: Burgess, Mrs.
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1780: The comedy The Oaks, or the Beauties of Canterbury by Mrs. Burgess was published
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1780
The comedy The Oaks, or the Beauties of Canterbury by Mrs. Burgess
was published. Mrs. Burgess is identified in the prologue as a pastry cook with a shop on St. George's Street.
“The last night but two. Benefit of Mrs. Dawes”. Lewis Walpole Library, 1780, https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/17337813.