Beinecke Osborn fd32 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn fd32
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, 1811–1818. Over 100 poems. Largely poems on nationalistic subjects, others focused on serious and sentimental subjects like nature, death, friendship, and religion.
Format	Folio
Book Size	33cm x 20.5cm
Filled Page Count	352 pages, many blank
Item Count	100
Poem Count	100
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	Devon
Additional Genres
Print Sources	Flindell's Western Luminary Weekly entertainer; or, Agr...
Major Themes	Death, afterlife Devotional writing, religio... Friendship Nature Public affairs Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hdl.handle.net
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn fd32.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/132. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-12-15 10:46:47 AM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Never. All items give sources in magazines rather than author names.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. Many blank pages. Full parchment.
Hands	Single.
Item formatting	Calligraphic titles.
Page layout	Filled pages lightly ruled to guide writing.