Beinecke Osborn c150 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c150
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, though several items related to Pettiwards, ca. 1767–1783. 107 items (30 prose). Pet poems; very miscellaneous prose items including a description of masquerade ball in Lincolnshire attended by Peart-Bate coterie members.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20cm x 16cm
Filled Page Count	184 pages
Item Count	107
Poem Count	77
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	Lincolnshire Stamford, Lincolnshire
Additional Genres	Prose - miscellaneous, Prose riddles, Prose speech, Word games
Print Sources
Major Themes	Animals, pets Conduct, morality Death, afterlife Humour, wordplay Love Women Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Celebrities Local interest Satire - social Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu collections.library.yale.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c150.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/36. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-19 4:20:54 PM

Contributor	Role
Pettiward	Primary compiler Several items related to a Peter Pettiward of Putney, Miss F. Pettiward. Possibly also a major author.

First Line	Context
Beneath this Stone lies Katherine Gray	p. 3 Local title: Epitaph on a woman who sold earthenware. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Here lies Father & Mother, & Sister and I	p. 128 Local title: Epitaph. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

First Line

Context

p. 3

Local title: Epitaph on a woman who sold earthenware.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

p. 128

Local title: Epitaph.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Occasional.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. Writing is adjusted to gutter and end of page. Sewing marks of six gatherings very clear; also can be seen under damaged part of spine. Original vellum.
Hands	Single primary hand, but quite variable (in some cases, the hand if simply irregular, but in other cases it's obviously a different hand, even sometimes in the middle of the same item–but one main hand overall, from start to end).
Indications of use	Seemingly a commonplace book where items are copied as a first record, with the exception of the poem to a sister. Possibly an interim collection, with checkmarks beneath items in early pages (suggesting copying into another book).
Original poetry	Yes, likely.