Collection of Poems by Several Hands
Anthology.
1748-58.
ed. Robert Dodsley.
- Regions: London, Middlesex
- Middlesex
Clark MS 2008.023
Title | I: "Poems extracted from Several Authors. Wi [...] |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Clark Library |
Jane Griffies Roscoe, 1774–1790.
200 poems.
Interest in female poets and women-centered poetry.
Folger MS M.a.110
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
H. Watkins, ca. 1730s–1775.
245 items.
Broad range of subject matter, but generally serious poetry.
Folger MS M.a.165-166
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1731-1760 |
Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Anonymous, seemingly ca. 1755.
Second volume seems to be organized thematically, with blank leaves left to be filled in later on the same theme (a good example of an organizational system in progress).
82 items.
Initially focused on high-profile writers of the turn of the century, though the second volume contains mid-century work.
Houghton MS Eng 611
Title | I: "A collection of poems and various fragme [...] |
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Period | 1731-1760 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Rev. Thomas Austen, 1760.
Three volumes, only the first two of which are manuscript verse miscellanies, and therefore included in this entry.
768 poems.
A real variety of contents. The first volume revolves around poems about various natural elements and experiences of country life. The second volume
Houghton MS Eng 768
Title | A Collection of various kinds of Poetry |
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Period | 1731-1760 |
Archive | Houghton Library |
Melesinda Munbee (seemingly transcribed by Elizabeth Munbee), 1749–1750.
A manuscript verse miscellany assembled in childhood, based on a father's library.
Two volumes, 44 poems.
Many items by Swift; other bawdy contents.