Derbyshire
Beinecke Osborn d512
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Mary Allcard, ca. 1805–ca. 1810.
2 volumes, 12 poems.
Probably kept during Allcard's education at Ackworth School, a Quaker establishment. Most of the poetry is on moral or religious themes. Also includes several prose entries concerning Quakers in Pennsylvania.
Folger MS M.a.163
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Anonymous, 1786–1798.
120 poems.
A very feminocentric collection with many female-authored works.
Manuscript appears connected to the Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network; the Tighe family; the Ladies of Llangollen
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 522
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Eliza Pettigrew, 1778 - ca. 1796.
108 items.
Themes of friendship; Quakerism; anti-slavery; many friendship poems addressed to Eliza by A. Strangman.
Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network
An interconnected, late-eighteenth-century network of fashionable hostesses and political figures Frances Anne (née Greville) Crewe, Lady Crewe; Henrietta (née Spencer) Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough; and Henrietta’s sister Georgiana (née Spencer) Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. Their activities were centred in multiple locations, including London (Devonshire House), Bath, and various country seats. Literary and personal connections included Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Charles James Fox, the Burney family, the Tighe family, and Crewe’s mother Frances Greville.