Henry Baker, Original Poems; Serious and Humorous (see also, The Second Part of Original Poems 1726)
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Thomas Cooke, The Battle of the Poets, published anonymously
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July 24 – John Newton (died 1807), English, clergyman, former slave-ship captain and author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace
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