Clark MS 1993.001 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Clark Library
Call Number	Clark MS 1993.001
Complete	Yes
Description	Francis Hawes, 1720–1760. An ambigraph volume with poetry on both ends. This entry is concerned with the two ends of the volume only, not the middle (recipe) section which is in another hand. 165 poems. Political satire poems in the style of early eighteenth-century; satire of court manners and prominent women. Many poems that mention Bath.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20cm x 15.9cm
Filled Page Count	225 pages
Item Count	167
Poem Count	165
Periods	1701-1730 1731-1760
First Line Index	No
Digitized	Yes
Region	Bath, Somerset Somerset
Additional Genres	Prose
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Public affairs Satire - political Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Conduct, morality Death, afterlife Devotional writing, religio... Domestic life Literature Local interest Satire - religious Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	calisphere.org
Bibliography
Citation	“Clark MS 1993.001.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/222. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-20 3:57:57 PM

Contributor	Role
Francis Hawes	Primary compiler Major author

First Line	Context
I'm [not] High-Church, nor Low-church, nor Tory, nor Whig	pp. 232–233 Local title: To all Whom it May Concern to Know me. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: I’m Not high Church nor Low Church nor Tory nor Whig… Other: n/a
Immortal Newton never spoke	p. 130. Local title: On Nash Picture hung up at Bath Between Sr Isc Newtons & Pope. Attributed Author: "Supposed to be Made by Mr Gardiner of Stroud In Stourhd." Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Stop, passenger! until my life you read	p. 244 Local title: n/a Attributed author: Margaret Scott Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Thou who dost all my worldly Thoughts employ	pp. 205–206. Local title: The Images of true Conjugall Piety of the Contempt of this World & of the Expectation of a better in an Epistle from a Lady at the bath anno: 1725. Attributed author: a Lady. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Occasional or rare; not many for the satiric items, which is typical for early eighteenth-century political poetry; exceptions include Mrs. Sansom; Pack; Francis Hawes himself.
Binding	Vellum, with the remains of metal clasps.
Hands	Primarily single, in the style of early eighteenth-century. pp. 163-70 at the end of the first poetry section contains poems by at least two other hands – perhaps a reason for the beginning anew at the other end, even though principal hand remains the same.
Indications of use	Some annotations at the time or later – e.g. p. 7 and 8 – but still cryptic in case of annotations done at the time of copying – e.g. p. 7.
Item formatting	Titles written in a somewhat larger hand. Freehand wavy line, spiral device or flourish between items, or else new items begin on new pages.
Organization	An ambigraph volume with poetry on both ends, in a single hand; middle section of recipes contains a second hand [this database entry is based on the 2 ends of the volume only].
Original poetry	Yes, initials or signature of Francis Hawes on some poems.
Ownership mark	"W.J. Thoms" inscribed on front paste-down endpaper, with "bought at his sale, 1887" appended in a different hand. Several poems signed "F.E Hawes" or "F.H."