The female husband, or, A circumstantial account of an extraordinary affair which happened at Poplar / by a correspondent.

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[between 1700 and 1799]
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An account of Mary East, dressing and adopting a male identity as 'James How' to live as man and wife with "another young woman" at the White Horse public house in Poplar and a failed attempt to blackmail her by revealing the truth of her gender to justice [Henry] Fielding. From: The Wonderful magazine (either that of the 1760s or 1790s).

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1700 and 1799]

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pages 44 unnumbered pages - 47 ; 23 cm

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