The fortunate foundlings: being the genuine history of Colonel M-rs, and his sister, Madam du P-y, the issue of the Hon. Ch-es M-rs, son of the late Duke of R-l-d. Containing Many wonderful Accidents that befel them in their Travels, and interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, in the most polite Courts of Europe. The Whole calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of both Sexes. Third edition.

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Title The fortunate foundlings: being the genuine history of Colonel M-rs, and his sister, Madam du P-y, the issue of the Hon. Ch-es M-rs, son of the late Duke of R-l-d. Containing Many wonderful Accidents that befel them in their Travels, and interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, in the most polite Courts of Europe. The Whole calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of both Sexes. Third edition.
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Pagination 331
Date of Publication 1748
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Date of First Publication 1744
Imprint Printed and published by T. Gardner, at Cowley's Head, opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand,
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Haywood, Eliza. The fortunate foundlings: being the genuine history of Colonel M-rs, and his sister, Madam du P-y, the issue of the Hon. Ch-es M-rs, son of the late Duke of R-l-d. Containing Many wonderful Accidents that befel them in their Travels, and interspersed with the Characters and Adventures of Several Persons of Condition, in the most polite Courts of Europe. The Whole calculated for the Entertainment and Improvement of the Youth of both Sexes. Third edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 23884, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/23884. Accessed 2025-10-23. 

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