Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Negus, Francis ...
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The word appears in French as négus, and is defined by Littré as a kind of 'limonade au vin.' A portrait of Francis Negus was in 1760 in the possession of his nephew, a Mr. Potter of Frome. In 1724 Colonel Francis Negus's patronage was solicited by Samuel Negus, who was probably a poor relation. This Samuel Negus, who had been since 1722 a struggling printer in Silver Street, near Wood Street, in the city of London, published in 1724, through William Bowyer, 'A Compleat and Private List of ...
DA: 30 PA: 59 MOZ Rank: 85
