Folger MS M.a.179 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number	Folger MS M.a.179
Complete	Yes
Description	Anne Blandford, ca. 1795–1805. 113 poems. Emphasis on apparently original writings/occasional writings by Hannah More, and More's sisters and friends in youth that might not be found elsewhere. Hannah More circle.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20cm x 16cm
Filled Page Count	190
Item Count	121
Poem Count	113
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	No
Region	Bristol County Bristol, Bristol County
Additional Genres	Prose commentary, Prose letters
Print Sources
Major Themes	Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Friendship Literature Public affairs Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Celebrities Death, afterlife Devotional writing, religio... Family Music, song, opera Theatre, drama Visual arts Women Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hamnet.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Folger MS M.a.179.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/248. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:02:35 AM

First Line	Context
Like a Newton sublimely he soar'd	pp. 59–60 Local title: The following polished and elegant lines are the effusions of the muse of the celebrated Duchee, previous to his departure from America, as a tribute...to...the late Dr. Franklin. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Stop, passenger! until my life you read	pp. 63–64. Local title: An epitaph of Margery Scot who died at Dunkell in Scotland Feb: 26: 1728. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear	p. 143. Local title: On Mrs. Mason's monument in the cathedral at Bristol. Attributed author: her Husband. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Thou who dost all my worldly Thoughts employ	p. 64. Local title: A Letter from a Lady to her Husband in her last illness. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Who many a sturdy Oak has laid along	p. 113. Local title: Epitaph on John Sprong a noted carpenter. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Regular.
Binding	One sewed-in leaf with pasted-on page of a “favourite Irish song” between pp. 48 and 49. Original vellum.
Decorations - hand-drawn	Decorative device between most entries.
Hands	Single, though some very occasional entries that could be in another hand.
Indications of use	Explanatory footnotes, seemingly written at time of copying. These suggest the use of book as a record of a literary coterie. Compiler demonstrates insider knowledge of the subjects and writers/addressees of the poems, either firsthand or through the poems’ source(s).
Item formatting	Similar decorative device between most entries, especially if they end mid-page. Many pieces are dated.
Original poetry	Yes; some unattributed could be compiler or compiler’s network. Final poem on “The Expedition of a Female Poet and a Female Printer” might be autobiographical. Reference to compiler of this collection, or one from whose compilation this was taken on p. 127. Large section of occasional poetry by Hannah More from early years (1760s) – compiler seems to be connected to More circle via E. Blandford Brickenden, so some of this may be original to the collection.
Page layout	Paginated except for six unnumbered pages at the beginning of the book.
Table of Contents	Yes, on first five pages of manuscript.